[Numpy-discussion] latest svn version fails on Solaris

[Christopher Hanley]

Hi,

The latest version of numpy has a unit test failure on big endian machines.

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FAIL: test_record_array (numpy.core.tests.test_multiarray.test_putmask)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/basil5/site-packages/lib/python/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py", line 450, in test_record_array
    assert_array_equal(rec['x'],[10,5])
  File "/data/basil5/site-packages/lib/python/numpy/testing/utils.py", line 223, in assert_array_equal
    verbose=verbose, header='Arrays are not equal')
  File "/data/basil5/site-packages/lib/python/numpy/testing/utils.py", line 215, in assert_array_compare
    assert cond, msg
AssertionError: 
Arrays are not equal

(mismatch 50.0%)
 x: array([  4.58492919e-320,   5.00000000e+000])
 y: array([10,  5])

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Ran 670 tests in 47.182s


Chris