Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:15:44 +0200, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
[clip]
> Numpy arrays with the "base" property are deserialized as arrays
> pointing to a storage contained within a Python string. This is a
> problem since such arrays are mutable and can mutate existing strings.
> Here is how to create one:
Please file a bug ticket in the Trac, thanks!
Here is a simpler way, although one more difficult to accidentally:
>>> a = numpy.frombuffer("A", dtype='S1')
>>> a.flags.writeable = True
>>> b = "A"
>>> a[0] = "B"
>>> b
'B'
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Pauli Virtanen
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