[Matrix-SIG] NumPy crashes

[Zane Motteler]

Charles,

You wrote:

>I just upgraded to the latest (?) NumPy, from the LLNLPython5
>distribution.  I'm finding it distressingly easy to get Python to dump
>core when reshaping arrays:
>
>Python 1.5 (#5, Sep 14 1998, 17:26:48)  [GCC 2.7.2.3] on linux2
>Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>>> import Numeric
>>>> Numeric.__version__
>'1.4'
>>>> w,h = 512,512
>>>> wh = w*h
>>>> x,y = Numeric.indices((w,h))
>>>> x.shape = wh,1
>Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Hmm. I am unable to reproduce this behavior on unix. The
Numeric.reshape function also works.

All I can suggest is running python -v to be sure that you
are loading all of the latest modules.

Zane

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