testutils

* improved check on object/record arrays

core 
* fixed filled for flexible types
* fixed the definition of the mask for flexible types

mrecords:
* fixed a bug w/ titles/formats in __new__ and __array_finalize__

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/ma/testutils.py b/numpy/ma/testutils.py
index a2fde4405..33030489c 100644
--- a/numpy/ma/testutils.py
+++ b/numpy/ma/testutils.py
@@ -104,7 +104,16 @@ def assert_equal(actual,desired,err_msg=''):
         raise ValueError(msg)
     actual = np.array(actual, copy=False, subok=True)
     desired = np.array(desired, copy=False, subok=True)
-    if actual.dtype.char in "OSV" and desired.dtype.char in "OSV":
+    (actual_dtype, desired_dtype) = (actual.dtype, desired.dtype)
+    if actual_dtype.char == "S" and desired_dtype.char == "S":
+        return _assert_equal_on_sequences(actual.tolist(),
+                                          desired.tolist(),
+                                          err_msg='')
+    elif actual_dtype.char in "OV" and desired_dtype.char in "OV":
+        if (actual_dtype != desired_dtype) and actual_dtype:
+            msg = build_err_msg([actual_dtype, desired_dtype],
+                                err_msg, header='', names=('actual', 'desired'))
+            raise ValueError(msg)
         return _assert_equal_on_sequences(actual.tolist(),
                                           desired.tolist(),
                                           err_msg='')