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Diffstat (limited to 'numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c b/numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c index abc01614a..d66e01647 100644 --- a/numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c +++ b/numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c @@ -3038,12 +3038,13 @@ static Py_ssize_t array_getcharbuf(PyArrayObject *self, Py_ssize_t segment, constchar **ptrptr) { if (self->descr->type_num == PyArray_STRING || \ - self->descr->type_num == PyArray_UNICODE) + self->descr->type_num == PyArray_UNICODE || \ + self->descr->elsize == 1) return array_getreadbuf(self, segment, (void **) ptrptr); else { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, - "non-character array cannot be interpreted "\ - "as character buffer"); + "non-character (or 8-bit) array cannot be "\ + "interpreted as character buffer"); return -1; } } |