On Jan 28, 2008 4:09 PM, Eric Firing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. Chuck
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