.ravel and .reshape always return views and raise ValueError if that is impossible. The functions ravel and reshape return views or copies if the view is not possible.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/arrayprint.py b/numpy/core/arrayprint.py
index a649d0211..fd33a44ac 100644
--- a/numpy/core/arrayprint.py
+++ b/numpy/core/arrayprint.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import sys
 import numeric      as _gen
 import numerictypes as _nt
 import umath        as _uf
+from oldnumeric import ravel
 _nc = _gen
 
 # The following functions are emergency substitutes for numeric functions
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ def _array2string(a, max_line_width, precision, suppress_small, separator=' ',
         data = _leading_trailing(a)
     else:
         summary_insert = ""
-        data = a.ravel()
+        data = ravel(a)
 
     try:
         format_function = a._format