[Numpy-discussion] major bug in fromstring, ascii mode

[Eric Firing]

Charles R Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> On Jan 28, 2008 4:09 PM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu 
> <mailto:efiring at hawaii.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Charles R Harris wrote:
> 
>      >     Reading the code in arraytypes.inc.src and multiarraymodule.c, it
>      >     appears that numpy is using strtol(str, &tailptr, 0) for the
>     string to
>      >     integer conversion. Calling strtol with BASE == 0 enables the
>     automatic
>      >     base detection from the prefix.
>      >
>      >     However, as you say, scanf does not do this. Numpy appears to
>     use fscanf
>      >     when reading data from files, so there is a discrepancy here:
>      >
>      >      >>> from numpy import fromfile, fromstring
>      >      >>> f = open('test.dat', 'w')
>      >      >>> f.write("20:09:21")
>      >      >>> f.close()
>      >
>      >      >>> fromfile('test.dat', dtype=int, sep=':')
>      >     array([20,  9, 21])
>      >      >>> fromstring('20:09:21', dtype=int, sep=':')
>      >     array([20,  0])
>      >
>      >
>      > I vote for fromstring working like fromfile.
> 
>     I agree.  Can we get this change into 1.05?  I could make a patch if
>     that would help.  Although I was wrong in calling this a "major bug", I
>     think it is an inconsistency that should be removed.  The fromfile and
>     fromstring docstrings could also state explicitly what the behavior is.
> 
>  
> Your best bet is to file a ticket. I you don't, I will, but I'll wait a bit.

It is ticket #650.

Eric