[Numpy-discussion] test fails

[Steve Schmerler]

The test in

In [2]: numpy.__version__
Out[2]: '1.0b2.dev3007'

fails:


[...]
check_1D_array (numpy.lib.tests.test_shape_base.test_vstack) ... ok
check_2D_array (numpy.lib.tests.test_shape_base.test_vstack) ... ok
check_2D_array2 (numpy.lib.tests.test_shape_base.test_vstack) ... ok

======================================================================
ERROR: check_ascii (numpy.core.tests.test_multiarray.test_fromstring)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
   File 
"/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py", 
line 120, in check_ascii
     a = fromstring('1 , 2 , 3 , 4',sep=',')
ValueError: don't know how to read character strings for given array type

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Ran 476 tests in 1.291s

FAILED (errors=1)


-- 
cheers,
steve

Random number generation is the art of producing pure gibberish as 
quickly as possible.