3 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/common/npy_longdouble.c b/numpy/core/src/common/npy_longdouble.c
index 4e7541f8f..88c8616fd 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/common/npy_longdouble.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/common/npy_longdouble.c
@@ -172,8 +172,5 @@ npy_longdouble_from_PyLong(PyObject *long_obj) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    // Without this line, MSVC produces garbage (optimizes out result!?)
-    printf("Double form is %f\n", (double) result);
-
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/arraytypes.c.src b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/arraytypes.c.src
index d891f925a..afa44a627 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/arraytypes.c.src
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/arraytypes.c.src
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <emmintrin.h>
 #endif
 
+#include "npy_longdouble.h"
 #include "numpyos.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -331,9 +332,9 @@ string_to_long_double(PyObject*op)
     /* Convert python long objects to a longdouble, without precision or range
      * loss via a double.
      */
-    if (PyLong_Check(op)
+    if ((PyLong_Check(op) && !PyBool_Check(op))
 #if !defined(NPY_PY3K)
-        || PyInt_Check(op)
+        || (PyInt_Check(op) && !PyBool_Check(op))
 #endif
     ) {
         return npy_longdouble_from_PyLong(op);
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_longdouble.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_longdouble.py
index cf50d5d5c..66293e988 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_longdouble.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_longdouble.py
@@ -205,3 +205,17 @@ class TestCommaDecimalPointLocale(CommaDecimalPointLocale):
     def test_fromstring_foreign_value(self):
         b = np.fromstring("1,234", dtype=np.longdouble, sep=" ")
         assert_array_equal(b[0], 1)
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("int_val", [
+    # cases discussed in gh-10723
+    # and gh-9968
+    2 ** 1024, 0])
+def test_longdouble_from_int(int_val):
+    # for issue gh-9968
+    str_val = str(int_val)
+    assert np.longdouble(int_val) == np.longdouble(str_val)
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("bool_val", [
+    True, False])
+def test_longdouble_from_bool(bool_val):
+    assert np.longdouble(bool_val) == np.longdouble(int(bool_val))