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| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/core/records.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/records.py b/numpy/core/records.py index 4ea83accc..42aca5b60 100644 --- a/numpy/core/records.py +++ b/numpy/core/records.py @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ def fromstring(datastring, dtype=None, shape=None, offset=0, formats=None, a string""" if dtype is None and formats is None: - raise ValueError("Must have dtype= or formats=") + raise TypeError("fromstring() needs a 'dtype' or 'formats' argument") if dtype is not None: descr = sb.dtype(dtype) @@ -768,6 +768,9 @@ def fromfile(fd, dtype=None, shape=None, offset=0, formats=None, >>> r.shape (10,) """ + + if dtype is None and formats is None: + raise TypeError("fromfile() needs a 'dtype' or 'formats' argument") if (shape is None or shape == 0): shape = (-1,) |