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| author | Allan Haldane <allan.haldane@gmail.com> | 2016-02-16 19:11:30 -0500 |
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| committer | Allan Haldane <allan.haldane@gmail.com> | 2016-02-18 23:26:53 -0500 |
| commit | bf6017a42dae58f0354e7da70c24f3ded40d0410 (patch) | |
| tree | 075de7037aa51b57cd9fa5773b6fd92d3657c21b /doc | |
| parent | 3fb847a93a6d16a8dd466f2545bc8b7d6ea1eb58 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-bf6017a42dae58f0354e7da70c24f3ded40d0410.tar.gz | |
BUG: Segfault for classes with deceptive __len__
Fixes #7264
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diff --git a/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst index aa11cdf07..0c60fd175 100644 --- a/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/1.11.0-notes.rst @@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ it's unlikely that any third-party code is using them either, but we mention it here for completeness. +object dtype detection for old-style classes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +In python 2, objects which are instances of old-style user-defined classes no +longer automatically count as 'object' type in the dtype-detection handler. +Instead, as in python 3, they may potentially count as sequences, but only if +they define both a `__len__` and a `__getitem__` method. This fixes a segfault +and inconsistency between python 2 and 3. + New Features ============ |