[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] 2D slices of 1D array

[Jim Hugunin]

This will now raise an IndexError exception as it should have all along.  

Thanks for the bug - Jim

-----Original Message-----
From:	Konrad Hinsen [SMTP:hinsen@ibs.ibs.fr]

> The following slice of a 1D array surprised me:
> 
> >>> c = array([1,2,3,4,5])
> >>> c
> 1 2 3 4 5
> >>> c[1:3, :]
> EmptyArray
> 
> I was expecting either 1,2,3 or an error.
> Is there any rational for this?  

None that I can think of. This ought to be an error.

Konrad.


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