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| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c index f41ab1a4a..e0d698781 100644 --- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c +++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c @@ -823,7 +823,13 @@ discover_dimensions(PyObject *s, int *maxndim, npy_intp *d, int check_it, int j, maxndim_m1 = *maxndim - 1; if ((e = PySequence_GetItem(s, 0)) == NULL) { - /* not a list */ + /* + * This should probably be an error but we suppress + * it to maintain backwards compatibility with pandas + * and possibly other existing applications. The making + * of the object type instead of a straght return might + * cause other errors not to occur. + */ *maxndim = 0; *out_is_object = 1; PyErr_Clear(); @@ -843,7 +849,7 @@ discover_dimensions(PyObject *s, int *maxndim, npy_intp *d, int check_it, for (i = 1; i < n; ++i) { /* Get the dimensions of the first item */ if ((e = PySequence_GetItem(s, 0)) == NULL) { - /* not a list */ + /* see comment above */ *maxndim = 0; *out_is_object = 1; PyErr_Clear(); |