On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Fernando Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > On 32 bits, 869 are found and on Fedora x86_64, it's 863. Above is
> > > the difference (requested by rkern).
> >
> > I think this is fine. The different arises because of extra scalar
> > types on the 32 bit system that don't show up on the AMD system,
> > presumably float96 and complex192. Check numpy.sctypes for the
> > difference.
>
> - complex192 isn't on the 64bit box, but complex256 is, so that keeps
> the number of tests for that type equal.
>
> - float96 -> float128, again no change in test count
>
> - for some reason, the 32-bit box gives
> 'int': [<type 'numpy.int8'>,
> <type 'numpy.int16'>,
> <type 'numpy.int32'>,
> <type 'numpy.int32'>,
> <type 'numpy.int64'>],
>
> so there's a repeated int32 type listed there. I don't know what that
> means, but obviously it produces extra tests (possibly redundant?)
Definitely redundant, but harmless. The code that generates these
lists is numpy/core/numerictypes.py:_set_array_types(). The redundant
ones are dtype('p').type and dtype('P').type. For some reason these do
not compare equal to numpy.{u}int32.
--
Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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