Check for error and asthetic spacing change.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/numeric.py b/numpy/core/numeric.py
index 71c74c123..a74fb158b 100644
--- a/numpy/core/numeric.py
+++ b/numpy/core/numeric.py
@@ -537,9 +537,11 @@ def setbufsize(size):
     """Set the size of the buffer used in ufuncs.
     """
     if size > 10e6:
-        raise ValueError, "Buffer size too big... %s" % size
+        raise ValueError, "Buffer size, %s, is too big." % size
     if size < 5:
-        raise ValueError, "Buffer size too small... %s" %size
+        raise ValueError, "Buffer size, %s, is too small." %size
+    if size % 16 != 0:
+        raise ValueError, "Buffer size, %s, is not a multiple of 16." %size
 
     pyvals = umath.geterrobj()
     old = getbufsize()