Add very basic sanity test for getting include directories (related to ticket #1405)

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
index 5111ab8aa..025ac49da 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
@@ -1271,5 +1271,15 @@ class TestRegression(TestCase):
         # Just make sure this doesn't throw an exception
         numarray.handleError(0, "")
 
+    def test_include_dirs(self):
+        """As a sanity check, just test that get_include and
+        get_numarray_include include something reasonable.  Somewhat
+        related to ticket #1405."""
+        include_dirs = [np.get_include(), np.get_numarray_include(),
+                        np.get_numpy_include()]
+        for path in include_dirs:
+            assert isinstance(path, (str, unicode))
+            assert path != ''
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     run_module_suite()