Use asanyarray instead of asarray

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/function_base.py b/numpy/core/function_base.py
index 5070608b7..0e2bdc693 100644
--- a/numpy/core/function_base.py
+++ b/numpy/core/function_base.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 __all__ = ['logspace', 'linspace', 'may_share_memory']
 
 from . import numeric as _nx
-from .numeric import result_type, NaN, shares_memory, MAY_SHARE_BOUNDS, TooHardError
+from .numeric import result_type, NaN, shares_memory, MAY_SHARE_BOUNDS, TooHardError, asanyarray
 
 
 def linspace(start, stop, num=50, endpoint=True, retstep=False, dtype=None):
@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ def linspace(start, stop, num=50, endpoint=True, retstep=False, dtype=None):
 
     # Convert float/complex array scalars to float, gh-3504
     # Make sure one can use variables that have an __array_interface__, gh-6634
-    from numpy import asarray
-    start = asarray(start) * 1.
-    stop = asarray(stop) * 1.
+    start = asanyarray(start) * 1.
+    stop  = asanyarray(stop)  * 1.
 
     dt = result_type(start, stop, float(num))
     if dtype is None: