* test__iotools : prevent test_upgrademapper if dateutil is not installed

* MaskedArray.__rmul__ : switch to multiply(self, other)

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/lib/tests/test__iotools.py b/numpy/lib/tests/test__iotools.py
index 3c4bc9bb6..952594c34 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/tests/test__iotools.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/tests/test__iotools.py
@@ -130,11 +130,14 @@ class TestStringConverter(TestCase):
     #
     def test_upgrademapper(self):
         "Tests updatemapper"
-        import dateutil.parser
-        import datetime
-        dateparser = dateutil.parser.parse
-        StringConverter.upgrade_mapper(dateparser, datetime.date(2000,1,1))
-        convert = StringConverter(dateparser, datetime.date(2000, 1, 1))
-        test = convert('2001-01-01')
-        assert_equal(test, datetime.datetime(2001, 01, 01, 00, 00, 00))
+        try:
+            import dateutil.parser
+            import datetime
+            dateparser = dateutil.parser.parse
+            StringConverter.upgrade_mapper(dateparser, datetime.date(2000,1,1))
+            convert = StringConverter(dateparser, datetime.date(2000, 1, 1))
+            test = convert('2001-01-01')
+            assert_equal(test, datetime.datetime(2001, 01, 01, 00, 00, 00))
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
 
diff --git a/numpy/ma/core.py b/numpy/ma/core.py
index 14f5ad01f..2b50cc55a 100644
--- a/numpy/ma/core.py
+++ b/numpy/ma/core.py
@@ -2466,7 +2466,7 @@ class MaskedArray(ndarray):
     #
     def __rmul__(self, other):
         "Multiply other by self, and return a new masked array."
-        return multiply(other, self)
+        return multiply(self, other)
     #
     def __div__(self, other):
         "Divide other into self, and return a new masked array."