[Numpy-discussion] core dump when runniong tests

[David M. Cooke]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:06:13 -0700
Mathew Yeates <myeates at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

> Travis suggested I use svn and this worked!
> Thanks Travis!
> 
> I'm now getting 1 test failure. I'd love to dot this 'i'
> 
> ======================================================================
> FAIL: check_large_types (numpy.core.tests.test_scalarmath.test_power)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File 
> "/lib/python2.4/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarmath.py", line 
> 42, in check_large_types
>     assert b == 6765201, "error with %r: got %r" % (t,b)
> AssertionError: error with <type 'float96scalar'>: got 
> 6765201.00000000000364
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 377 tests in 0.347s
> 
> FAILED (failures=1)

I'm guessing the C powl function isn't good enough on your machine.

What OS are you running?

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