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authorJonathan Tammo Siebert <siebertjonathan@aim.com>2017-01-04 22:31:53 +0100
committerJonathan Siebert <siebertjonathan@aim.com>2017-01-04 22:37:48 +0100
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DOC: Added changed behavior of assert_array_less
The bug that +/- inf where not treated correctly in np.testing.assert_array_less changed the behavior and is thus mentioned in the release notes.
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@@ -137,3 +137,10 @@ with the covariance matrix by using two new keyword arguments:
presence of a matrix that is not positive semidefinite. Valid options are
``ignore``, ``warn`` and ``raise``. The default value, ``warn`` keeps the
the behavior used on previous releases.
+
+``assert_array_less`` compares ``np.inf`` and ``-np.inf`` now
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Previously, ``np.testing.assert_array_less`` ignored all infinite values. This
+is not the expected behavior both according to documentation and intuitively.
+Now, -inf < x < inf is considered ``True`` for any real number x and all
+other cases fail.