1 files changed, 10 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/polynomial/polytemplate.py b/numpy/polynomial/polytemplate.py
index eeacf24fb..6c60ab3b2 100644
--- a/numpy/polynomial/polytemplate.py
+++ b/numpy/polynomial/polytemplate.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 import string
 import sys
 import warnings
+from number import Number
 
 from numpy import ModuleDeprecationWarning
 
@@ -287,15 +288,13 @@ class $name(pu.PolyBase) :
         return self.__floordiv__(other)
 
     def __truediv__(self, other) :
-        # there is no true divide if the rhs is not a scalar, although it
+        # there is no true divide if the rhs is not a Number, although it
         # could return the first n elements of an infinite series.
         # It is hard to see where n would come from, though.
-        if np.isscalar(other) :
-            # this might be overly restrictive
-            coef = self.coef/other
-            return self.__class__(coef, self.domain, self.window)
-        else :
-            return NotImplemented
+        if not isinstance(other, Number) or isinstance(other, bool):
+            form = "unsupported types for true division: '%s', '%s'"
+            raise TypeError(form % (type(self), type(other)))
+        return self.__floordiv__(other)
 
     def __floordiv__(self, other) :
         """Returns the quotient."""
@@ -384,20 +383,14 @@ class $name(pu.PolyBase) :
         return self.__rfloordiv__(other)
 
     def __rtruediv__(self, other) :
-        # there is no true divide if the rhs is not a scalar, although it
-        # could return the first n elements of an infinite series.
-        # It is hard to see where n would come from, though.
-        if len(self.coef) == 1 :
-            try :
-                quo, rem = ${nick}div(other, self.coef[0])
-            except :
-                return NotImplemented
-        return self.__class__(quo, self.domain, self.window)
+        # An instance of PolyBase is not considered a
+        # Number.
+        return NotImplemented
 
     def __rfloordiv__(self, other) :
         try :
             quo, rem = ${nick}div(other, self.coef)
-        except :
+        except:
             return NotImplemented
         return self.__class__(quo, self.domain, self.window)