Error with: pickle.dumps(numpy.float32)

[Iljya]

I have reproduced the error with Numpy 1.0b1

The output with v.1.0b1 reads:
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32scalar'>: it's not found as
__builtin__.float32scalar

Has anyone else encountered this?

Thanks,

Iljya

Iljya wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to pickle the type numpy.float32 but encounter an error when I
> try to do so. I am able to pickle the array itself, it is specifically
> the type that I cannot pickle.
>
> I am using:
> Numpy version: 0.9.4
> Python version: 2.4.3
> Windows XP
>
> Here is the code that reproduces the error:
> ______________________________________
> import numpy
> import pickle
>
> pickle.dumps(numpy.float32)
>
> Output:
> PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'float32_arrtype'>: it's not found as
> __builtin__.float32_arrtype
> ______________________________________
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Iljya Kalai