Add test that scalar types work (i.e., scalartype(number) == number)

PPC OS X fails this for longdouble.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarmath.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarmath.py
index 6b74a20bb..078114dae 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarmath.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarmath.py
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ types = [N.bool_, N.byte, N.ubyte, N.short, N.ushort, N.intc, N.uintc,
 
 class test_types(NumpyTestCase):
     def check_types(self, level=1):
+        for atype in types:
+            a = atype(1)
+            assert a == 1, "error with %r: got %r" % (atype,a)
+
+    def check_type_add(self, level=1):
         # list of types
         for k, atype in enumerate(types):
             vala = atype(3)