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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/scipy/base/chararray.py b/scipy/base/chararray.py
index 6a6195b04..3133de07b 100644
--- a/scipy/base/chararray.py
+++ b/scipy/base/chararray.py
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ from numerictypes import character, string, unicode_, \
from numeric import ndarray, broadcast, empty, array
import sys
+__all__ = ['chararray']
+
# special sub-class for character arrays (string and unicode_)
# This adds equality testing and methods of str and unicode types
# which operate on an element-by-element basis
-class ndchararray(ndarray):
+class chararray(ndarray):
def __new__(subtype, shape, itemlen=1, unicode=False, buffer=None,
offset=0, strides=None, swap=0, fortran=0):
@@ -28,9 +30,6 @@ class ndchararray(ndarray):
swap=swap, fortran=fortran)
return self
- def __reduce__(self):
- pass
-
def _richcmpfunc(self, other, op):
b = broadcast(self, other)
result = empty(b.shape, dtype=bool)
@@ -282,9 +281,9 @@ class ndchararray(ndarray):
def zfill(self, width):
return self._generalmethod('zfill', broadcast(self, width))
-
-def chararray(obj, itemlen=7, copy=True, unicode=False, fortran=False):
-
+
+def array(obj, itemlen=7, copy=True, unicode=False, fortran=False):
+
if isinstance(obj, ndchararray):
if copy or (itemlen != obj.itemlen) \
or (not unicode and obj.dtype == unicode_) \
@@ -320,10 +319,10 @@ def chararray(obj, itemlen=7, copy=True, unicode=False, fortran=False):
val = array(obj, dtype=dtype, fortran=fortran, subok=1)
- return ndchararray(val.shape, itemlen, unicode, buffer=val,
- strides=val.strides, swap=val.flags.swapped,
- fortran=fortran)
-
-def aschararray(obj, itemlen=7, unicode=False, fortran=False):
+ return chararray(val.shape, itemlen, unicode, buffer=val,
+ strides=val.strides, swap=val.flags.swapped,
+ fortran=fortran)
+
+def asarray(obj, itemlen=7, unicode=False, fortran=False):
return chararray(obj, itemlen, copy=False,
unicode=unicode, fortran=fortran)