[Numpy-discussion] Is this a bug?

[Anne Archibald]

2008/5/27 Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com>:

> Can we make it so that dtype('c') is preserved instead of displaying
> '|S1'? It does not behave the same as dtype('|S1') although it
> compares equal to it.

It seems alarming to me that they should compare equal but behave
differently. Is it possible to change more than just the way it
prints?

Anne