[SciPy-dev] Broken Python Type Alias

[Travis Oliphant]

Christopher Hanley wrote:

>Greetings,
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>The alias to the python type "sb.float" that previously was working in 
>my regression testing system now raises an attribute error.  However, 
>"sb.float_" still functions correctly. Example:
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Before making a beta release, I decided against over-writing the Python 
names, so it's sb.float_


But,

dtype=float

still works and maps to the c-double type.

-Travis