[Numpy-discussion] 1.1.0rc1 RuntimeErrors

[Pierre GM]

All,
Most of the errors that are reported in 1.1.0rc1 are related to the .tolist() 
method in numpy.ma, such as :
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ERROR: Tests fields retrieval
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Traceback (most recent call last):
   File 
"C:\Apps\Python\Lib\site-packages\numpy\ma\tests\test_mrecords.py", line 
62, in test_get
     assert_equal(getattr(mbase,field), mbase[field])
   File "C:\Apps\Python\Lib\site-packages\numpy\ma\testutils.py", line 
104, in assert_equal
     desired.tolist(),
   File "C:\Apps\Python\Lib\site-packages\numpy\ma\core.py", line 2552, 
in tolist
     result = self.filled().tolist()
RuntimeError: array_item not returning smaller-dimensional array
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Note that the method seems to work, still: for example, the following command 
gives the proper output, without RuntimeError

python -c "import numpy as np, numpy.ma as ma; x=ma.array(np.random.rand(5), 
mask=[1,0,0,0,0]); print x.tolist()"

The problem looks quite recent, and not related to numpy.ma itself: what 
changed recently in the .tolist() method of ndarrays ? Why do we get these 
RuntimeErrors ?