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numpy-1.10.0.post2/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py

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+from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
+
+import copy
+import pickle
+import sys
+import platform
+import gc
+import warnings
+import tempfile
+from os import path
+from io import BytesIO
+from itertools import chain
+
+import numpy as np
+from numpy.testing import (
+        run_module_suite, TestCase, assert_, assert_equal,
+        assert_almost_equal, assert_array_equal, assert_array_almost_equal,
+        assert_raises, assert_warns, dec
+        )
+from numpy.testing.utils import _assert_valid_refcount
+from numpy.compat import asbytes, asunicode, asbytes_nested, long, sixu
+
+rlevel = 1
+
+class TestRegression(TestCase):
+    def test_invalid_round(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #3
+        v = 4.7599999999999998
+        assert_array_equal(np.array([v]), np.array(v))
+
+    def test_mem_empty(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #7
+        np.empty((1,), dtype=[('x', np.int64)])
+
+    def test_pickle_transposed(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #16
+        a = np.transpose(np.array([[2, 9], [7, 0], [3, 8]]))
+        f = BytesIO()
+        pickle.dump(a, f)
+        f.seek(0)
+        b = pickle.load(f)
+        f.close()
+        assert_array_equal(a, b)
+
+    def test_typeNA(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #31
+        assert_equal(np.typeNA[np.int64], 'Int64')
+        assert_equal(np.typeNA[np.uint64], 'UInt64')
+
+    def test_dtype_names(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #35
+        # Should succeed
+        np.dtype([(('name', 'label'), np.int32, 3)])
+
+    def test_reduce(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #40
+        assert_almost_equal(np.add.reduce([1., .5], dtype=None), 1.5)
+
+    def test_zeros_order(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #43
+        np.zeros([3], int, 'C')
+        np.zeros([3], order='C')
+        np.zeros([3], int, order='C')
+
+    def test_asarray_with_order(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Check that nothing is done when order='F' and array C/F-contiguous
+        a = np.ones(2)
+        assert_(a is np.asarray(a, order='F'))
+
+    def test_ravel_with_order(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Check that ravel works when order='F' and array C/F-contiguous
+        a = np.ones(2)
+        assert_(not a.ravel('F').flags.owndata)
+
+    def test_sort_bigendian(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #47
+        a = np.linspace(0, 10, 11)
+        c = a.astype(np.dtype('<f8'))
+        c.sort()
+        assert_array_almost_equal(c, a)
+
+    def test_negative_nd_indexing(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #49
+        c = np.arange(125).reshape((5, 5, 5))
+        origidx = np.array([-1, 0, 1])
+        idx = np.array(origidx)
+        c[idx]
+        assert_array_equal(idx, origidx)
+
+    def test_char_dump(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #50
+        f = BytesIO()
+        ca = np.char.array(np.arange(1000, 1010), itemsize=4)
+        ca.dump(f)
+        f.seek(0)
+        ca = np.load(f)
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_noncontiguous_fill(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #58.
+        a = np.zeros((5, 3))
+        b = a[:, :2,]
+
+        def rs():
+            b.shape = (10,)
+
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, rs)
+
+    def test_bool(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #60
+        np.bool_(1)  # Should succeed
+
+    def test_indexing1(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #64
+        descr = [('x', [('y', [('z', 'c16', (2,)),]),]),]
+        buffer = ((([6j, 4j],),),)
+        h = np.array(buffer, dtype=descr)
+        h['x']['y']['z']
+
+    def test_indexing2(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #65
+        descr = [('x', 'i4', (2,))]
+        buffer = ([3, 2],)
+        h = np.array(buffer, dtype=descr)
+        h['x']
+
+    def test_round(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #67
+        x = np.array([1+2j])
+        assert_almost_equal(x**(-1), [1/(1+2j)])
+
+    def test_scalar_compare(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Trac Ticket #72
+        # https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/565
+        a = np.array(['test', 'auto'])
+        assert_array_equal(a == 'auto', np.array([False, True]))
+        self.assertTrue(a[1] == 'auto')
+        self.assertTrue(a[0] != 'auto')
+        b = np.linspace(0, 10, 11)
+        # This should return true for now, but will eventually raise an error:
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+            self.assertTrue(b != 'auto')
+        self.assertTrue(b[0] != 'auto')
+
+    def test_unicode_swapping(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #79
+        ulen = 1
+        ucs_value = sixu('\U0010FFFF')
+        ua = np.array([[[ucs_value*ulen]*2]*3]*4, dtype='U%s' % ulen)
+        ua.newbyteorder()  # Should succeed.
+
+    def test_object_array_fill(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #86
+        x = np.zeros(1, 'O')
+        x.fill([])
+
+    def test_mem_dtype_align(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #93
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, np.dtype,
+                              {'names':['a'],'formats':['foo']}, align=1)
+
+    @dec.knownfailureif((sys.version_info[0] >= 3) or
+                        (sys.platform == "win32" and
+                         platform.architecture()[0] == "64bit"),
+                        "numpy.intp('0xff', 16) not supported on Py3, "
+                        "as it does not inherit from Python int")
+    def test_intp(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #99
+        i_width = np.int_(0).nbytes*2 - 1
+        np.intp('0x' + 'f'*i_width, 16)
+        self.assertRaises(OverflowError, np.intp, '0x' + 'f'*(i_width+1), 16)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, np.intp, '0x1', 32)
+        assert_equal(255, np.intp('0xFF', 16))
+        assert_equal(1024, np.intp(1024))
+
+    def test_endian_bool_indexing(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #105
+        a = np.arange(10., dtype='>f8')
+        b = np.arange(10., dtype='<f8')
+        xa = np.where((a > 2) & (a < 6))
+        xb = np.where((b > 2) & (b < 6))
+        ya = ((a > 2) & (a < 6))
+        yb = ((b > 2) & (b < 6))
+        assert_array_almost_equal(xa, ya.nonzero())
+        assert_array_almost_equal(xb, yb.nonzero())
+        assert_(np.all(a[ya] > 0.5))
+        assert_(np.all(b[yb] > 0.5))
+
+    def test_endian_where(self,level=rlevel):
+        # GitHub issue #369
+        net = np.zeros(3, dtype='>f4')
+        net[1] = 0.00458849
+        net[2] = 0.605202
+        max_net = net.max()
+        test = np.where(net <= 0., max_net, net)
+        correct = np.array([ 0.60520202,  0.00458849,  0.60520202])
+        assert_array_almost_equal(test, correct)
+
+    def test_endian_recarray(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #2185
+        dt = np.dtype([
+               ('head', '>u4'),
+               ('data', '>u4', 2),
+            ])
+        buf = np.recarray(1, dtype=dt)
+        buf[0]['head'] = 1
+        buf[0]['data'][:] = [1, 1]
+
+        h = buf[0]['head']
+        d = buf[0]['data'][0]
+        buf[0]['head'] = h
+        buf[0]['data'][0] = d
+        assert_(buf[0]['head'] == 1)
+
+    def test_mem_dot(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #106
+        x = np.random.randn(0, 1)
+        y = np.random.randn(10, 1)
+        # Dummy array to detect bad memory access:
+        _z = np.ones(10)
+        _dummy = np.empty((0, 10))
+        z = np.lib.stride_tricks.as_strided(_z, _dummy.shape, _dummy.strides)
+        np.dot(x, np.transpose(y), out=z)
+        assert_equal(_z, np.ones(10))
+        # Do the same for the built-in dot:
+        np.core.multiarray.dot(x, np.transpose(y), out=z)
+        assert_equal(_z, np.ones(10))
+
+    def test_arange_endian(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #111
+        ref = np.arange(10)
+        x = np.arange(10, dtype='<f8')
+        assert_array_equal(ref, x)
+        x = np.arange(10, dtype='>f8')
+        assert_array_equal(ref, x)
+
+    def test_argmax(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #119
+        a = np.random.normal(0, 1, (4, 5, 6, 7, 8))
+        for i in range(a.ndim):
+            a.argmax(i)  # Should succeed
+
+    def test_mem_divmod(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #126
+        for i in range(10):
+            divmod(np.array([i])[0], 10)
+
+    def test_hstack_invalid_dims(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #128
+        x = np.arange(9).reshape((3, 3))
+        y = np.array([0, 0, 0])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, np.hstack, (x, y))
+
+    def test_squeeze_type(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #133
+        a = np.array([3])
+        b = np.array(3)
+        assert_(type(a.squeeze()) is np.ndarray)
+        assert_(type(b.squeeze()) is np.ndarray)
+
+    def test_add_identity(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #143
+        assert_equal(0, np.add.identity)
+
+    def test_numpy_float_python_long_addition(self):
+        # Check that numpy float and python longs can be added correctly.
+        a = np.float_(23.) + 2**135
+        assert_equal(a, 23. + 2**135)
+
+    def test_binary_repr_0(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #151
+        assert_equal('0', np.binary_repr(0))
+
+    def test_rec_iterate(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #160
+        descr = np.dtype([('i', int), ('f', float), ('s', '|S3')])
+        x = np.rec.array([(1, 1.1, '1.0'),
+                         (2, 2.2, '2.0')], dtype=descr)
+        x[0].tolist()
+        [i for i in x[0]]
+
+    def test_unicode_string_comparison(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #190
+        a = np.array('hello', np.unicode_)
+        b = np.array('world')
+        a == b
+
+    def test_tobytes_FORTRANORDER_discontiguous(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Fix in r2836
+        # Create non-contiguous Fortran ordered array
+        x = np.array(np.random.rand(3, 3), order='F')[:, :2]
+        assert_array_almost_equal(x.ravel(), np.fromstring(x.tobytes()))
+
+    def test_flat_assignment(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Correct behaviour of ticket #194
+        x = np.empty((3, 1))
+        x.flat = np.arange(3)
+        assert_array_almost_equal(x, [[0], [1], [2]])
+        x.flat = np.arange(3, dtype=float)
+        assert_array_almost_equal(x, [[0], [1], [2]])
+
+    def test_broadcast_flat_assignment(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #194
+        x = np.empty((3, 1))
+
+        def bfa():
+            x[:] = np.arange(3)
+
+        def bfb():
+            x[:] = np.arange(3, dtype=float)
+
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, bfa)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, bfb)
+
+    def test_nonarray_assignment(self):
+        # See also Issue gh-2870, test for non-array assignment
+        # and equivalent unsafe casted array assignment
+        a = np.arange(10)
+        b = np.ones(10, dtype=bool)
+        r = np.arange(10)
+
+        def assign(a, b, c):
+            a[b] = c
+
+        assert_raises(ValueError, assign, a, b, np.nan)
+        a[b] = np.array(np.nan)  # but not this.
+        assert_raises(ValueError, assign, a, r, np.nan)
+        a[r] = np.array(np.nan)
+
+    def test_unpickle_dtype_with_object(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Implemented in r2840
+        dt = np.dtype([('x', int), ('y', np.object_), ('z', 'O')])
+        f = BytesIO()
+        pickle.dump(dt, f)
+        f.seek(0)
+        dt_ = pickle.load(f)
+        f.close()
+        assert_equal(dt, dt_)
+
+    def test_mem_array_creation_invalid_specification(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #196
+        dt = np.dtype([('x', int), ('y', np.object_)])
+        # Wrong way
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, np.array, [1, 'object'], dt)
+        # Correct way
+        np.array([(1, 'object')], dt)
+
+    def test_recarray_single_element(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #202
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=np.int32)
+        b = a.copy()
+        r = np.rec.array(a, shape=1, formats=['3i4'], names=['d'])
+        assert_array_equal(a, b)
+        assert_equal(a, r[0][0])
+
+    def test_zero_sized_array_indexing(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #205
+        tmp = np.array([])
+
+        def index_tmp():
+            tmp[np.array(10)]
+
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, index_tmp)
+
+    def test_chararray_rstrip(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #222
+        x = np.chararray((1,), 5)
+        x[0] = asbytes('a   ')
+        x = x.rstrip()
+        assert_equal(x[0], asbytes('a'))
+
+    def test_object_array_shape(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #239
+        assert_equal(np.array([[1, 2], 3, 4], dtype=object).shape, (3,))
+        assert_equal(np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], dtype=object).shape, (2, 2))
+        assert_equal(np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], dtype=object).shape, (2, 2))
+        assert_equal(np.array([], dtype=object).shape, (0,))
+        assert_equal(np.array([[], [], []], dtype=object).shape, (3, 0))
+        assert_equal(np.array([[3, 4], [5, 6], None], dtype=object).shape, (3,))
+
+    def test_mem_around(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #243
+        x = np.zeros((1,))
+        y = [0]
+        decimal = 6
+        np.around(abs(x-y), decimal) <= 10.0**(-decimal)
+
+    def test_character_array_strip(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #246
+        x = np.char.array(("x", "x ", "x  "))
+        for c in x:
+            assert_equal(c, "x")
+
+    def test_lexsort(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Lexsort memory error
+        v = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10])
+        assert_equal(np.lexsort(v), 0)
+
+    def test_lexsort_invalid_sequence(self):
+        # Issue gh-4123
+        class BuggySequence(object):
+            def __len__(self):
+                return 4
+
+            def __getitem__(self, key):
+                raise KeyError
+
+        assert_raises(KeyError, np.lexsort, BuggySequence())
+
+    def test_pickle_py2_bytes_encoding(self):
+        # Check that arrays and scalars pickled on Py2 are
+        # unpickleable on Py3 using encoding='bytes'
+
+        test_data = [
+            # (original, py2_pickle)
+            (np.unicode_('\u6f2c'),
+             asbytes("cnumpy.core.multiarray\nscalar\np0\n(cnumpy\ndtype\np1\n"
+                     "(S'U1'\np2\nI0\nI1\ntp3\nRp4\n(I3\nS'<'\np5\nNNNI4\nI4\n"
+                     "I0\ntp6\nbS',o\\x00\\x00'\np7\ntp8\nRp9\n.")),
+
+            (np.array([9e123], dtype=np.float64),
+             asbytes("cnumpy.core.multiarray\n_reconstruct\np0\n(cnumpy\nndarray\n"
+                     "p1\n(I0\ntp2\nS'b'\np3\ntp4\nRp5\n(I1\n(I1\ntp6\ncnumpy\ndtype\n"
+                     "p7\n(S'f8'\np8\nI0\nI1\ntp9\nRp10\n(I3\nS'<'\np11\nNNNI-1\nI-1\n"
+                     "I0\ntp12\nbI00\nS'O\\x81\\xb7Z\\xaa:\\xabY'\np13\ntp14\nb.")),
+
+            (np.array([(9e123,)], dtype=[('name', float)]),
+             asbytes("cnumpy.core.multiarray\n_reconstruct\np0\n(cnumpy\nndarray\np1\n"
+                     "(I0\ntp2\nS'b'\np3\ntp4\nRp5\n(I1\n(I1\ntp6\ncnumpy\ndtype\np7\n"
+                     "(S'V8'\np8\nI0\nI1\ntp9\nRp10\n(I3\nS'|'\np11\nN(S'name'\np12\ntp13\n"
+                     "(dp14\ng12\n(g7\n(S'f8'\np15\nI0\nI1\ntp16\nRp17\n(I3\nS'<'\np18\nNNNI-1\n"
+                     "I-1\nI0\ntp19\nbI0\ntp20\nsI8\nI1\nI0\ntp21\n"
+                     "bI00\nS'O\\x81\\xb7Z\\xaa:\\xabY'\np22\ntp23\nb.")),
+        ]
+
+        if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 4):
+            # encoding='bytes' was added in Py3.4
+            for original, data in test_data:
+                result = pickle.loads(data, encoding='bytes')
+                assert_equal(result, original)
+
+                if isinstance(result, np.ndarray) and result.dtype.names:
+                    for name in result.dtype.names:
+                        assert_(isinstance(name, str))
+
+    def test_pickle_dtype(self,level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #251
+        pickle.dumps(np.float)
+
+    def test_swap_real(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #265
+        assert_equal(np.arange(4, dtype='>c8').imag.max(), 0.0)
+        assert_equal(np.arange(4, dtype='<c8').imag.max(), 0.0)
+        assert_equal(np.arange(4, dtype='>c8').real.max(), 3.0)
+        assert_equal(np.arange(4, dtype='<c8').real.max(), 3.0)
+
+    def test_object_array_from_list(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #270
+        np.array([1, 'A', None])  # Should succeed
+
+    def test_multiple_assign(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #273
+        a = np.zeros((3, 1), int)
+        a[[1, 2]] = 1
+
+    def test_empty_array_type(self, level=rlevel):
+        assert_equal(np.array([]).dtype, np.zeros(0).dtype)
+
+    def test_void_copyswap(self, level=rlevel):
+        dt = np.dtype([('one', '<i4'), ('two', '<i4')])
+        x = np.array((1, 2), dtype=dt)
+        x = x.byteswap()
+        assert_(x['one'] > 1 and x['two'] > 2)
+
+    def test_method_args(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Make sure methods and functions have same default axis
+        # keyword and arguments
+        funcs1 = ['argmax', 'argmin', 'sum', ('product', 'prod'),
+                 ('sometrue', 'any'),
+                 ('alltrue', 'all'), 'cumsum', ('cumproduct', 'cumprod'),
+                 'ptp', 'cumprod', 'prod', 'std', 'var', 'mean',
+                 'round', 'min', 'max', 'argsort', 'sort']
+        funcs2 = ['compress', 'take', 'repeat']
+
+        for func in funcs1:
+            arr = np.random.rand(8, 7)
+            arr2 = arr.copy()
+            if isinstance(func, tuple):
+                func_meth = func[1]
+                func = func[0]
+            else:
+                func_meth = func
+            res1 = getattr(arr, func_meth)()
+            res2 = getattr(np, func)(arr2)
+            if res1 is None:
+                res1 = arr
+
+            if res1.dtype.kind in 'uib':
+                assert_((res1 == res2).all(), func)
+            else:
+                assert_(abs(res1-res2).max() < 1e-8, func)
+
+        for func in funcs2:
+            arr1 = np.random.rand(8, 7)
+            arr2 = np.random.rand(8, 7)
+            res1 = None
+            if func == 'compress':
+                arr1 = arr1.ravel()
+                res1 = getattr(arr2, func)(arr1)
+            else:
+                arr2 = (15*arr2).astype(int).ravel()
+            if res1 is None:
+                res1 = getattr(arr1, func)(arr2)
+            res2 = getattr(np, func)(arr1, arr2)
+            assert_(abs(res1-res2).max() < 1e-8, func)
+
+    def test_mem_lexsort_strings(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #298
+        lst = ['abc', 'cde', 'fgh']
+        np.lexsort((lst,))
+
+    def test_fancy_index(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #302
+        x = np.array([1, 2])[np.array([0])]
+        assert_equal(x.shape, (1,))
+
+    def test_recarray_copy(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #312
+        dt = [('x', np.int16), ('y', np.float64)]
+        ra = np.array([(1, 2.3)], dtype=dt)
+        rb = np.rec.array(ra, dtype=dt)
+        rb['x'] = 2.
+        assert_(ra['x'] != rb['x'])
+
+    def test_rec_fromarray(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #322
+        x1 = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]])
+        x2 = np.array(['a', 'dd', 'xyz'])
+        x3 = np.array([1.1, 2, 3])
+        np.rec.fromarrays([x1, x2, x3], formats="(2,)i4,a3,f8")
+
+    def test_object_array_assign(self, level=rlevel):
+        x = np.empty((2, 2), object)
+        x.flat[2] = (1, 2, 3)
+        assert_equal(x.flat[2], (1, 2, 3))
+
+    def test_ndmin_float64(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #324
+        x = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=np.float64)
+        assert_equal(np.array(x, dtype=np.float32, ndmin=2).ndim, 2)
+        assert_equal(np.array(x, dtype=np.float64, ndmin=2).ndim, 2)
+
+    def test_ndmin_order(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Issue #465 and related checks
+        assert_(np.array([1, 2], order='C', ndmin=3).flags.c_contiguous)
+        assert_(np.array([1, 2], order='F', ndmin=3).flags.f_contiguous)
+        assert_(np.array(np.ones((2, 2), order='F'), ndmin=3).flags.f_contiguous)
+        assert_(np.array(np.ones((2, 2), order='C'), ndmin=3).flags.c_contiguous)
+
+    def test_mem_axis_minimization(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #327
+        data = np.arange(5)
+        data = np.add.outer(data, data)
+
+    def test_mem_float_imag(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #330
+        np.float64(1.0).imag
+
+    def test_dtype_tuple(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #334
+        assert_(np.dtype('i4') == np.dtype(('i4', ())))
+
+    def test_dtype_posttuple(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #335
+        np.dtype([('col1', '()i4')])
+
+    def test_numeric_carray_compare(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #341
+        assert_equal(np.array(['X'], 'c'), asbytes('X'))
+
+    def test_string_array_size(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #342
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError,
+                              np.array, [['X'], ['X', 'X', 'X']], '|S1')
+
+    def test_dtype_repr(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #344
+        dt1 = np.dtype(('uint32', 2))
+        dt2 = np.dtype(('uint32', (2,)))
+        assert_equal(dt1.__repr__(), dt2.__repr__())
+
+    def test_reshape_order(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Make sure reshape order works.
+        a = np.arange(6).reshape(2, 3, order='F')
+        assert_equal(a, [[0, 2, 4], [1, 3, 5]])
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6], [7, 8]])
+        b = a[:, 1]
+        assert_equal(b.reshape(2, 2, order='F'), [[2, 6], [4, 8]])
+
+    def test_reshape_zero_strides(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Issue #380, test reshaping of zero strided arrays
+        a = np.ones(1)
+        a = np.lib.stride_tricks.as_strided(a, shape=(5,), strides=(0,))
+        assert_(a.reshape(5, 1).strides[0] == 0)
+
+    def test_reshape_zero_size(self, level=rlevel):
+        # GitHub Issue #2700, setting shape failed for 0-sized arrays
+        a = np.ones((0, 2))
+        a.shape = (-1, 2)
+
+    # Cannot test if NPY_RELAXED_STRIDES_CHECKING changes the strides.
+    # With NPY_RELAXED_STRIDES_CHECKING the test becomes superfluous.
+    @dec.skipif(np.ones(1).strides[0] == np.iinfo(np.intp).max)
+    def test_reshape_trailing_ones_strides(self):
+        # GitHub issue gh-2949, bad strides for trailing ones of new shape
+        a = np.zeros(12, dtype=np.int32)[::2]  # not contiguous
+        strides_c = (16, 8, 8, 8)
+        strides_f = (8, 24, 48, 48)
+        assert_equal(a.reshape(3, 2, 1, 1).strides, strides_c)
+        assert_equal(a.reshape(3, 2, 1, 1, order='F').strides, strides_f)
+        assert_equal(np.array(0, dtype=np.int32).reshape(1, 1).strides, (4, 4))
+
+    def test_repeat_discont(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #352
+        a = np.arange(12).reshape(4, 3)[:, 2]
+        assert_equal(a.repeat(3), [2, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5, 8, 8, 8, 11, 11, 11])
+
+    def test_array_index(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Make sure optimization is not called in this case.
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3])
+        a2 = np.array([[1, 2, 3]])
+        assert_equal(a[np.where(a == 3)], a2[np.where(a2 == 3)])
+
+    def test_object_argmax(self, level=rlevel):
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=object)
+        assert_(a.argmax() == 2)
+
+    def test_recarray_fields(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #372
+        dt0 = np.dtype([('f0', 'i4'), ('f1', 'i4')])
+        dt1 = np.dtype([('f0', 'i8'), ('f1', 'i8')])
+        for a in [np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], "i4,i4"),
+                  np.rec.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], "i4,i4"),
+                  np.rec.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)]),
+                  np.rec.fromarrays([(1, 2), (3, 4)], "i4,i4"),
+                  np.rec.fromarrays([(1, 2), (3, 4)])]:
+            assert_(a.dtype in [dt0, dt1])
+
+    def test_random_shuffle(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #374
+        a = np.arange(5).reshape((5, 1))
+        b = a.copy()
+        np.random.shuffle(b)
+        assert_equal(np.sort(b, axis=0), a)
+
+    def test_refcount_vdot(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Changeset #3443
+        _assert_valid_refcount(np.vdot)
+
+    def test_startswith(self, level=rlevel):
+        ca = np.char.array(['Hi', 'There'])
+        assert_equal(ca.startswith('H'), [True, False])
+
+    def test_noncommutative_reduce_accumulate(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #413
+        tosubtract = np.arange(5)
+        todivide = np.array([2.0, 0.5, 0.25])
+        assert_equal(np.subtract.reduce(tosubtract), -10)
+        assert_equal(np.divide.reduce(todivide), 16.0)
+        assert_array_equal(np.subtract.accumulate(tosubtract),
+            np.array([0, -1, -3, -6, -10]))
+        assert_array_equal(np.divide.accumulate(todivide),
+            np.array([2., 4., 16.]))
+
+    def test_convolve_empty(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Convolve should raise an error for empty input array.
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, np.convolve, [], [1])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, np.convolve, [1], [])
+
+    def test_multidim_byteswap(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #449
+        r = np.array([(1, (0, 1, 2))], dtype="i2,3i2")
+        assert_array_equal(r.byteswap(),
+                           np.array([(256, (0, 256, 512))], r.dtype))
+
+    def test_string_NULL(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Changeset 3557
+        assert_equal(np.array("a\x00\x0b\x0c\x00").item(),
+                     'a\x00\x0b\x0c')
+
+    def test_junk_in_string_fields_of_recarray(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #483
+        r = np.array([[asbytes('abc')]], dtype=[('var1', '|S20')])
+        assert_(asbytes(r['var1'][0][0]) == asbytes('abc'))
+
+    def test_take_output(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ensure that 'take' honours output parameter.
+        x = np.arange(12).reshape((3, 4))
+        a = np.take(x, [0, 2], axis=1)
+        b = np.zeros_like(a)
+        np.take(x, [0, 2], axis=1, out=b)
+        assert_array_equal(a, b)
+
+    def test_take_object_fail(self):
+        # Issue gh-3001
+        d = 123.
+        a = np.array([d, 1], dtype=object)
+        ref_d = sys.getrefcount(d)
+        try:
+            a.take([0, 100])
+        except IndexError:
+            pass
+        assert_(ref_d == sys.getrefcount(d))
+
+    def test_array_str_64bit(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #501
+        s = np.array([1, np.nan], dtype=np.float64)
+        with np.errstate(all='raise'):
+            np.array_str(s)  # Should succeed
+
+    def test_frompyfunc_endian(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #503
+        from math import radians
+        uradians = np.frompyfunc(radians, 1, 1)
+        big_endian = np.array([83.4, 83.5], dtype='>f8')
+        little_endian = np.array([83.4, 83.5], dtype='<f8')
+        assert_almost_equal(uradians(big_endian).astype(float),
+                            uradians(little_endian).astype(float))
+
+    def test_mem_string_arr(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #514
+        s = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
+        t = []
+        np.hstack((t, s))
+
+    def test_arr_transpose(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #516
+        x = np.random.rand(*(2,)*16)
+        x.transpose(list(range(16)))  # Should succeed
+
+    def test_string_mergesort(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #540
+        x = np.array(['a']*32)
+        assert_array_equal(x.argsort(kind='m'), np.arange(32))
+
+    def test_argmax_byteorder(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #546
+        a = np.arange(3, dtype='>f')
+        assert_(a[a.argmax()] == a.max())
+
+    def test_rand_seed(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #555
+        for l in np.arange(4):
+            np.random.seed(l)
+
+    def test_mem_deallocation_leak(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #562
+        a = np.zeros(5, dtype=float)
+        b = np.array(a, dtype=float)
+        del a, b
+
+    def test_mem_on_invalid_dtype(self):
+        "Ticket #583"
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, np.fromiter, [['12', ''], ['13', '']], str)
+
+    def test_dot_negative_stride(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #588
+        x = np.array([[1, 5, 25, 125., 625]])
+        y = np.array([[20.], [160.], [640.], [1280.], [1024.]])
+        z = y[::-1].copy()
+        y2 = y[::-1]
+        assert_equal(np.dot(x, z), np.dot(x, y2))
+
+    def test_object_casting(self, level=rlevel):
+        # This used to trigger the object-type version of
+        # the bitwise_or operation, because float64 -> object
+        # casting succeeds
+        def rs():
+            x = np.ones([484, 286])
+            y = np.zeros([484, 286])
+            x |= y
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, rs)
+
+    def test_unicode_scalar(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #600
+        x = np.array(["DROND", "DROND1"], dtype="U6")
+        el = x[1]
+        new = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(el))
+        assert_equal(new, el)
+
+    def test_arange_non_native_dtype(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #616
+        for T in ('>f4', '<f4'):
+            dt = np.dtype(T)
+            assert_equal(np.arange(0, dtype=dt).dtype, dt)
+            assert_equal(np.arange(0.5, dtype=dt).dtype, dt)
+            assert_equal(np.arange(5, dtype=dt).dtype, dt)
+
+    def test_bool_flat_indexing_invalid_nr_elements(self, level=rlevel):
+        s = np.ones(10, dtype=float)
+        x = np.array((15,), dtype=float)
+
+        def ia(x, s, v):
+            x[(s > 0)] = v
+
+        # After removing deprecation, the following are ValueErrors.
+        # This might seem odd as compared to the value error below. This
+        # is due to the fact that the new code always uses "nonzero" logic
+        # and the boolean special case is not taken.
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DeprecationWarning)
+            warnings.simplefilter('ignore', np.VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            self.assertRaises(IndexError, ia, x, s, np.zeros(9, dtype=float))
+            self.assertRaises(IndexError, ia, x, s, np.zeros(11, dtype=float))
+        # Old special case (different code path):
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, ia, x.flat, s, np.zeros(9, dtype=float))
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, ia, x.flat, s, np.zeros(11, dtype=float))
+
+    def test_mem_scalar_indexing(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #603
+        x = np.array([0], dtype=float)
+        index = np.array(0, dtype=np.int32)
+        x[index]
+
+    def test_binary_repr_0_width(self, level=rlevel):
+        assert_equal(np.binary_repr(0, width=3), '000')
+
+    def test_fromstring(self, level=rlevel):
+        assert_equal(np.fromstring("12:09:09", dtype=int, sep=":"),
+                     [12, 9, 9])
+
+    def test_searchsorted_variable_length(self, level=rlevel):
+        x = np.array(['a', 'aa', 'b'])
+        y = np.array(['d', 'e'])
+        assert_equal(x.searchsorted(y), [3, 3])
+
+    def test_string_argsort_with_zeros(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Check argsort for strings containing zeros.
+        x = np.fromstring("\x00\x02\x00\x01", dtype="|S2")
+        assert_array_equal(x.argsort(kind='m'), np.array([1, 0]))
+        assert_array_equal(x.argsort(kind='q'), np.array([1, 0]))
+
+    def test_string_sort_with_zeros(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Check sort for strings containing zeros.
+        x = np.fromstring("\x00\x02\x00\x01", dtype="|S2")
+        y = np.fromstring("\x00\x01\x00\x02", dtype="|S2")
+        assert_array_equal(np.sort(x, kind="q"), y)
+
+    def test_copy_detection_zero_dim(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #658
+        np.indices((0, 3, 4)).T.reshape(-1, 3)
+
+    def test_flat_byteorder(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #657
+        x = np.arange(10)
+        assert_array_equal(x.astype('>i4'), x.astype('<i4').flat[:])
+        assert_array_equal(x.astype('>i4').flat[:], x.astype('<i4'))
+
+    def test_uint64_from_negative(self, level=rlevel):
+        assert_equal(np.uint64(-2), np.uint64(18446744073709551614))
+
+    def test_sign_bit(self, level=rlevel):
+        x = np.array([0, -0.0, 0])
+        assert_equal(str(np.abs(x)), '[ 0.  0.  0.]')
+
+    def test_flat_index_byteswap(self, level=rlevel):
+        for dt in (np.dtype('<i4'), np.dtype('>i4')):
+            x = np.array([-1, 0, 1], dtype=dt)
+            assert_equal(x.flat[0].dtype, x[0].dtype)
+
+    def test_copy_detection_corner_case(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #658
+        np.indices((0, 3, 4)).T.reshape(-1, 3)
+
+    # Cannot test if NPY_RELAXED_STRIDES_CHECKING changes the strides.
+    # With NPY_RELAXED_STRIDES_CHECKING the test becomes superfluous,
+    # 0-sized reshape itself is tested elsewhere.
+    @dec.skipif(np.ones(1).strides[0] == np.iinfo(np.intp).max)
+    def test_copy_detection_corner_case2(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #771: strides are not set correctly when reshaping 0-sized
+        # arrays
+        b = np.indices((0, 3, 4)).T.reshape(-1, 3)
+        assert_equal(b.strides, (3 * b.itemsize, b.itemsize))
+
+    def test_object_array_refcounting(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #633
+        if not hasattr(sys, 'getrefcount'):
+            return
+
+        # NB. this is probably CPython-specific
+
+        cnt = sys.getrefcount
+
+        a = object()
+        b = object()
+        c = object()
+
+        cnt0_a = cnt(a)
+        cnt0_b = cnt(b)
+        cnt0_c = cnt(c)
+
+        # -- 0d -> 1-d broadcast slice assignment
+
+        arr = np.zeros(5, dtype=np.object_)
+
+        arr[:] = a
+        assert_equal(cnt(a), cnt0_a + 5)
+
+        arr[:] = b
+        assert_equal(cnt(a), cnt0_a)
+        assert_equal(cnt(b), cnt0_b + 5)
+
+        arr[:2] = c
+        assert_equal(cnt(b), cnt0_b + 3)
+        assert_equal(cnt(c), cnt0_c + 2)
+
+        del arr
+
+        # -- 1-d -> 2-d broadcast slice assignment
+
+        arr = np.zeros((5, 2), dtype=np.object_)
+        arr0 = np.zeros(2, dtype=np.object_)
+
+        arr0[0] = a
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 1)
+        arr0[1] = b
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 1)
+
+        arr[:,:] = arr0
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 6)
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 6)
+
+        arr[:, 0] = None
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 1)
+
+        del arr, arr0
+
+        # -- 2-d copying + flattening
+
+        arr = np.zeros((5, 2), dtype=np.object_)
+
+        arr[:, 0] = a
+        arr[:, 1] = b
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 5)
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 5)
+
+        arr2 = arr.copy()
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 10)
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 10)
+
+        arr2 = arr[:, 0].copy()
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 10)
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 5)
+
+        arr2 = arr.flatten()
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 10)
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 10)
+
+        del arr, arr2
+
+        # -- concatenate, repeat, take, choose
+
+        arr1 = np.zeros((5, 1), dtype=np.object_)
+        arr2 = np.zeros((5, 1), dtype=np.object_)
+
+        arr1[...] = a
+        arr2[...] = b
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 5)
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 5)
+
+        tmp = np.concatenate((arr1, arr2))
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 5 + 5)
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 5 + 5)
+
+        tmp = arr1.repeat(3, axis=0)
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 5 + 3*5)
+
+        tmp = arr1.take([1, 2, 3], axis=0)
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 5 + 3)
+
+        x = np.array([[0], [1], [0], [1], [1]], int)
+        tmp = x.choose(arr1, arr2)
+        assert_(cnt(a) == cnt0_a + 5 + 2)
+        assert_(cnt(b) == cnt0_b + 5 + 3)
+
+        del tmp  # Avoid pyflakes unused variable warning
+
+    def test_mem_custom_float_to_array(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket 702
+        class MyFloat(object):
+            def __float__(self):
+                return 1.0
+
+        tmp = np.atleast_1d([MyFloat()])
+        tmp.astype(float)  # Should succeed
+
+    def test_object_array_refcount_self_assign(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #711
+        class VictimObject(object):
+            deleted = False
+
+            def __del__(self):
+                self.deleted = True
+
+        d = VictimObject()
+        arr = np.zeros(5, dtype=np.object_)
+        arr[:] = d
+        del d
+        arr[:] = arr  # refcount of 'd' might hit zero here
+        assert_(not arr[0].deleted)
+        arr[:] = arr  # trying to induce a segfault by doing it again...
+        assert_(not arr[0].deleted)
+
+    def test_mem_fromiter_invalid_dtype_string(self, level=rlevel):
+        x = [1, 2, 3]
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError,
+                              np.fromiter, [xi for xi in x], dtype='S')
+
+    def test_reduce_big_object_array(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #713
+        oldsize = np.setbufsize(10*16)
+        a = np.array([None]*161, object)
+        assert_(not np.any(a))
+        np.setbufsize(oldsize)
+
+    def test_mem_0d_array_index(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #714
+        np.zeros(10)[np.array(0)]
+
+    def test_floats_from_string(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #640, floats from string
+        fsingle = np.single('1.234')
+        fdouble = np.double('1.234')
+        flongdouble = np.longdouble('1.234')
+        assert_almost_equal(fsingle, 1.234)
+        assert_almost_equal(fdouble, 1.234)
+        assert_almost_equal(flongdouble, 1.234)
+
+    def test_nonnative_endian_fill(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Non-native endian arrays were incorrectly filled with scalars
+        # before r5034.
+        if sys.byteorder == 'little':
+            dtype = np.dtype('>i4')
+        else:
+            dtype = np.dtype('<i4')
+        x = np.empty([1], dtype=dtype)
+        x.fill(1)
+        assert_equal(x, np.array([1], dtype=dtype))
+
+    def test_dot_alignment_sse2(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Test for ticket #551, changeset r5140
+        x = np.zeros((30, 40))
+        y = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(x))
+        # y is now typically not aligned on a 8-byte boundary
+        z = np.ones((1, y.shape[0]))
+        # This shouldn't cause a segmentation fault:
+        np.dot(z, y)
+
+    def test_astype_copy(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #788, changeset r5155
+        # The test data file was generated by scipy.io.savemat.
+        # The dtype is float64, but the isbuiltin attribute is 0.
+        data_dir = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'data')
+        filename = path.join(data_dir, "astype_copy.pkl")
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            f = open(filename, 'rb')
+            xp = pickle.load(f, encoding='latin1')
+            f.close()
+        else:
+            f = open(filename)
+            xp = pickle.load(f)
+            f.close()
+        xpd = xp.astype(np.float64)
+        assert_((xp.__array_interface__['data'][0] !=
+                xpd.__array_interface__['data'][0]))
+
+    def test_compress_small_type(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #789, changeset 5217.
+        # compress with out argument segfaulted if cannot cast safely
+        import numpy as np
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]])
+        b = np.zeros((2, 1), dtype=np.single)
+        try:
+            a.compress([True, False], axis=1, out=b)
+            raise AssertionError("compress with an out which cannot be "
+                                 "safely casted should not return "
+                                 "successfully")
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+
+    def test_attributes(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #791
+        class TestArray(np.ndarray):
+            def __new__(cls, data, info):
+                result = np.array(data)
+                result = result.view(cls)
+                result.info = info
+                return result
+
+            def __array_finalize__(self, obj):
+                self.info = getattr(obj, 'info', '')
+
+        dat = TestArray([[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]], 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.info == 'jubba')
+        dat.resize((4, 2))
+        assert_(dat.info == 'jubba')
+        dat.sort()
+        assert_(dat.info == 'jubba')
+        dat.fill(2)
+        assert_(dat.info == 'jubba')
+        dat.put([2, 3, 4], [6, 3, 4])
+        assert_(dat.info == 'jubba')
+        dat.setfield(4, np.int32, 0)
+        assert_(dat.info == 'jubba')
+        dat.setflags()
+        assert_(dat.info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.all(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.any(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.argmax(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.argmin(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.argsort(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.astype(TestArray).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.byteswap().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.clip(2, 7).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.compress([0, 1, 1]).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.conj().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.conjugate().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.copy().info == 'jubba')
+        dat2 = TestArray([2, 3, 1, 0], 'jubba')
+        choices = [[0, 1, 2, 3], [10, 11, 12, 13],
+                   [20, 21, 22, 23], [30, 31, 32, 33]]
+        assert_(dat2.choose(choices).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.cumprod(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.cumsum(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.diagonal().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.flatten().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.getfield(np.int32, 0).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.imag.info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.max(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.mean(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.min(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.newbyteorder().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.prod(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.ptp(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.ravel().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.real.info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.repeat(2).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.reshape((2, 4)).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.round().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.squeeze().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.std(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.sum(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.swapaxes(0, 1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.take([2, 3, 5]).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.transpose().info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.T.info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.var(1).info == 'jubba')
+        assert_(dat.view(TestArray).info == 'jubba')
+        # These methods do not preserve subclasses
+        assert_(type(dat.nonzero()[0]) is np.ndarray)
+        assert_(type(dat.nonzero()[1]) is np.ndarray)
+
+    def test_recarray_tolist(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #793, changeset r5215
+        # Comparisons fail for NaN, so we can't use random memory
+        # for the test.
+        buf = np.zeros(40, dtype=np.int8)
+        a = np.recarray(2, formats="i4,f8,f8", names="id,x,y", buf=buf)
+        b = a.tolist()
+        assert_( a[0].tolist() == b[0])
+        assert_( a[1].tolist() == b[1])
+
+    def test_nonscalar_item_method(self):
+        # Make sure that .item() fails graciously when it should
+        a = np.arange(5)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, a.item)
+
+    def test_char_array_creation(self, level=rlevel):
+        a = np.array('123', dtype='c')
+        b = np.array(asbytes_nested(['1', '2', '3']))
+        assert_equal(a, b)
+
+    def test_unaligned_unicode_access(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #825
+        for i in range(1, 9):
+            msg = 'unicode offset: %d chars' % i
+            t = np.dtype([('a', 'S%d' % i), ('b', 'U2')])
+            x = np.array([(asbytes('a'), sixu('b'))], dtype=t)
+            if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+                assert_equal(str(x), "[(b'a', 'b')]", err_msg=msg)
+            else:
+                assert_equal(str(x), "[('a', u'b')]", err_msg=msg)
+
+    def test_sign_for_complex_nan(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket 794.
+        with np.errstate(invalid='ignore'):
+            C = np.array([-np.inf, -2+1j, 0, 2-1j, np.inf, np.nan])
+            have = np.sign(C)
+            want = np.array([-1+0j, -1+0j, 0+0j, 1+0j, 1+0j, np.nan])
+            assert_equal(have, want)
+
+    def test_for_equal_names(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #674
+        dt = np.dtype([('foo', float), ('bar', float)])
+        a = np.zeros(10, dt)
+        b = list(a.dtype.names)
+        b[0] = "notfoo"
+        a.dtype.names = b
+        assert_(a.dtype.names[0] == "notfoo")
+        assert_(a.dtype.names[1] == "bar")
+
+    def test_for_object_scalar_creation(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #816
+        a = np.object_()
+        b = np.object_(3)
+        b2 = np.object_(3.0)
+        c = np.object_([4, 5])
+        d = np.object_([None, {}, []])
+        assert_(a is None)
+        assert_(type(b) is int)
+        assert_(type(b2) is float)
+        assert_(type(c) is np.ndarray)
+        assert_(c.dtype == object)
+        assert_(d.dtype == object)
+
+    def test_array_resize_method_system_error(self):
+        # Ticket #840 - order should be an invalid keyword.
+        x = np.array([[0, 1], [2, 3]])
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, x.resize, (2, 2), order='C')
+
+    def test_for_zero_length_in_choose(self, level=rlevel):
+        "Ticket #882"
+        a = np.array(1)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda x: x.choose([]), a)
+
+    def test_array_ndmin_overflow(self):
+        "Ticket #947."
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: np.array([1], ndmin=33))
+
+    def test_errobj_reference_leak(self, level=rlevel):
+        # Ticket #955
+        with np.errstate(all="ignore"):
+            z = int(0)
+            p = np.int32(-1)
+
+            gc.collect()
+            n_before = len(gc.get_objects())
+            z**p  # this shouldn't leak a reference to errobj
+            gc.collect()
+            n_after = len(gc.get_objects())
+            assert_(n_before >= n_after, (n_before, n_after))
+
+    def test_void_scalar_with_titles(self, level=rlevel):
+        # No ticket
+        data = [('john', 4), ('mary', 5)]
+        dtype1 = [(('source:yy', 'name'), 'O'), (('source:xx', 'id'), int)]
+        arr = np.array(data, dtype=dtype1)
+        assert_(arr[0][0] == 'john')
+        assert_(arr[0][1] == 4)
+
+    def test_void_scalar_constructor(self):
+        #Issue #1550
+
+        #Create test string data, construct void scalar from data and assert
+        #that void scalar contains original data.
+        test_string = np.array("test")
+        test_string_void_scalar = np.core.multiarray.scalar(
+            np.dtype(("V", test_string.dtype.itemsize)), test_string.tobytes())
+
+        assert_(test_string_void_scalar.view(test_string.dtype) == test_string)
+
+        #Create record scalar, construct from data and assert that
+        #reconstructed scalar is correct.
+        test_record = np.ones((), "i,i")
+        test_record_void_scalar = np.core.multiarray.scalar(
+            test_record.dtype, test_record.tobytes())
+
+        assert_(test_record_void_scalar == test_record)
+
+        #Test pickle and unpickle of void and record scalars
+        assert_(pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(test_string)) == test_string)
+        assert_(pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(test_record)) == test_record)
+
+    def test_blasdot_uninitialized_memory(self):
+        # Ticket #950
+        for m in [0, 1, 2]:
+            for n in [0, 1, 2]:
+                for k in range(3):
+                    # Try to ensure that x->data contains non-zero floats
+                    x = np.array([123456789e199], dtype=np.float64)
+                    x.resize((m, 0))
+                    y = np.array([123456789e199], dtype=np.float64)
+                    y.resize((0, n))
+
+                    # `dot` should just return zero (m,n) matrix
+                    z = np.dot(x, y)
+                    assert_(np.all(z == 0))
+                    assert_(z.shape == (m, n))
+
+    def test_zeros(self):
+        # Regression test for #1061.
+        # Set a size which cannot fit into a 64 bits signed integer
+        sz = 2 ** 64
+        good = 'Maximum allowed dimension exceeded'
+        try:
+            np.empty(sz)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            if not str(e) == good:
+                self.fail("Got msg '%s', expected '%s'" % (e, good))
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail("Got exception of type %s instead of ValueError" % type(e))
+
+    def test_huge_arange(self):
+        # Regression test for #1062.
+        # Set a size which cannot fit into a 64 bits signed integer
+        sz = 2 ** 64
+        good = 'Maximum allowed size exceeded'
+        try:
+            np.arange(sz)
+            self.assertTrue(np.size == sz)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            if not str(e) == good:
+                self.fail("Got msg '%s', expected '%s'" % (e, good))
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail("Got exception of type %s instead of ValueError" % type(e))
+
+    def test_fromiter_bytes(self):
+        # Ticket #1058
+        a = np.fromiter(list(range(10)), dtype='b')
+        b = np.fromiter(list(range(10)), dtype='B')
+        assert_(np.alltrue(a == np.array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])))
+        assert_(np.alltrue(b == np.array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])))
+
+    def test_array_from_sequence_scalar_array(self):
+        # Ticket #1078: segfaults when creating an array with a sequence of
+        # 0d arrays.
+        a = np.array((np.ones(2), np.array(2)))
+        assert_equal(a.shape, (2,))
+        assert_equal(a.dtype, np.dtype(object))
+        assert_equal(a[0], np.ones(2))
+        assert_equal(a[1], np.array(2))
+
+        a = np.array(((1,), np.array(1)))
+        assert_equal(a.shape, (2,))
+        assert_equal(a.dtype, np.dtype(object))
+        assert_equal(a[0], (1,))
+        assert_equal(a[1], np.array(1))
+
+    def test_array_from_sequence_scalar_array2(self):
+        # Ticket #1081: weird array with strange input...
+        t = np.array([np.array([]), np.array(0, object)])
+        assert_equal(t.shape, (2,))
+        assert_equal(t.dtype, np.dtype(object))
+
+    def test_array_too_big(self):
+        # Ticket #1080.
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.zeros, [975]*7, np.int8)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.zeros, [26244]*5, np.int8)
+
+    def test_dtype_keyerrors_(self):
+        # Ticket #1106.
+        dt = np.dtype([('f1', np.uint)])
+        assert_raises(KeyError, dt.__getitem__, "f2")
+        assert_raises(IndexError, dt.__getitem__, 1)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, dt.__getitem__, 0.0)
+
+    def test_lexsort_buffer_length(self):
+        # Ticket #1217, don't segfault.
+        a = np.ones(100, dtype=np.int8)
+        b = np.ones(100, dtype=np.int32)
+        i = np.lexsort((a[::-1], b))
+        assert_equal(i, np.arange(100, dtype=np.int))
+
+    def test_object_array_to_fixed_string(self):
+        # Ticket #1235.
+        a = np.array(['abcdefgh', 'ijklmnop'], dtype=np.object_)
+        b = np.array(a, dtype=(np.str_, 8))
+        assert_equal(a, b)
+        c = np.array(a, dtype=(np.str_, 5))
+        assert_equal(c, np.array(['abcde', 'ijklm']))
+        d = np.array(a, dtype=(np.str_, 12))
+        assert_equal(a, d)
+        e = np.empty((2, ), dtype=(np.str_, 8))
+        e[:] = a[:]
+        assert_equal(a, e)
+
+    def test_unicode_to_string_cast(self):
+        # Ticket #1240.
+        a = np.array([[sixu('abc'), sixu('\u03a3')],
+                      [sixu('asdf'), sixu('erw')]],
+                     dtype='U')
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError, np.array, a, 'S4')
+
+    def test_mixed_string_unicode_array_creation(self):
+        a = np.array(['1234', sixu('123')])
+        assert_(a.itemsize == 16)
+        a = np.array([sixu('123'), '1234'])
+        assert_(a.itemsize == 16)
+        a = np.array(['1234', sixu('123'), '12345'])
+        assert_(a.itemsize == 20)
+        a = np.array([sixu('123'), '1234', sixu('12345')])
+        assert_(a.itemsize == 20)
+        a = np.array([sixu('123'), '1234', sixu('1234')])
+        assert_(a.itemsize == 16)
+
+    def test_misaligned_objects_segfault(self):
+        # Ticket #1198 and #1267
+        a1 = np.zeros((10,), dtype='O,c')
+        a2 = np.array(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j'], 'S10')
+        a1['f0'] = a2
+        repr(a1)
+        np.argmax(a1['f0'])
+        a1['f0'][1] = "FOO"
+        a1['f0'] = "FOO"
+        np.array(a1['f0'], dtype='S')
+        np.nonzero(a1['f0'])
+        a1.sort()
+        copy.deepcopy(a1)
+
+    def test_misaligned_scalars_segfault(self):
+        # Ticket #1267
+        s1 = np.array(('a', 'Foo'), dtype='c,O')
+        s2 = np.array(('b', 'Bar'), dtype='c,O')
+        s1['f1'] = s2['f1']
+        s1['f1'] = 'Baz'
+
+    def test_misaligned_dot_product_objects(self):
+        # Ticket #1267
+        # This didn't require a fix, but it's worth testing anyway, because
+        # it may fail if .dot stops enforcing the arrays to be BEHAVED
+        a = np.array([[(1, 'a'), (0, 'a')], [(0, 'a'), (1, 'a')]], dtype='O,c')
+        b = np.array([[(4, 'a'), (1, 'a')], [(2, 'a'), (2, 'a')]], dtype='O,c')
+        np.dot(a['f0'], b['f0'])
+
+    def test_byteswap_complex_scalar(self):
+        # Ticket #1259 and gh-441
+        for dtype in [np.dtype('<'+t) for t in np.typecodes['Complex']]:
+            z = np.array([2.2-1.1j], dtype)
+            x = z[0]  # always native-endian
+            y = x.byteswap()
+            if x.dtype.byteorder == z.dtype.byteorder:
+                # little-endian machine
+                assert_equal(x, np.fromstring(y.tobytes(), dtype=dtype.newbyteorder()))
+            else:
+                # big-endian machine
+                assert_equal(x, np.fromstring(y.tobytes(), dtype=dtype))
+            # double check real and imaginary parts:
+            assert_equal(x.real, y.real.byteswap())
+            assert_equal(x.imag, y.imag.byteswap())
+
+    def test_structured_arrays_with_objects1(self):
+        # Ticket #1299
+        stra = 'aaaa'
+        strb = 'bbbb'
+        x = np.array([[(0, stra), (1, strb)]], 'i8,O')
+        x[x.nonzero()] = x.ravel()[:1]
+        assert_(x[0, 1] == x[0, 0])
+
+    def test_structured_arrays_with_objects2(self):
+        # Ticket #1299 second test
+        stra = 'aaaa'
+        strb = 'bbbb'
+        numb = sys.getrefcount(strb)
+        numa = sys.getrefcount(stra)
+        x = np.array([[(0, stra), (1, strb)]], 'i8,O')
+        x[x.nonzero()] = x.ravel()[:1]
+        assert_(sys.getrefcount(strb) == numb)
+        assert_(sys.getrefcount(stra) == numa + 2)
+
+    def test_duplicate_title_and_name(self):
+        # Ticket #1254
+        dtspec = [(('a', 'a'), 'i'), ('b', 'i')]
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, np.dtype, dtspec)
+
+    def test_signed_integer_division_overflow(self):
+        # Ticket #1317.
+        def test_type(t):
+            min = np.array([np.iinfo(t).min])
+            min //= -1
+
+        with np.errstate(divide="ignore"):
+            for t in (np.int8, np.int16, np.int32, np.int64, np.int, np.long):
+                test_type(t)
+
+    def test_buffer_hashlib(self):
+        try:
+            from hashlib import md5
+        except ImportError:
+            from md5 import new as md5
+
+        x = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=np.dtype('<i4'))
+        assert_equal(md5(x).hexdigest(), '2a1dd1e1e59d0a384c26951e316cd7e6')
+
+    def test_0d_string_scalar(self):
+        # Bug #1436; the following should succeed
+        np.asarray('x', '>c')
+
+    def test_log1p_compiler_shenanigans(self):
+        # Check if log1p is behaving on 32 bit intel systems.
+        assert_(np.isfinite(np.log1p(np.exp2(-53))))
+
+    def test_fromiter_comparison(self, level=rlevel):
+        a = np.fromiter(list(range(10)), dtype='b')
+        b = np.fromiter(list(range(10)), dtype='B')
+        assert_(np.alltrue(a == np.array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])))
+        assert_(np.alltrue(b == np.array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])))
+
+    def test_fromstring_crash(self):
+        # Ticket #1345: the following should not cause a crash
+        np.fromstring(asbytes('aa, aa, 1.0'), sep=',')
+
+    def test_ticket_1539(self):
+        dtypes = [x for x in np.typeDict.values()
+                  if (issubclass(x, np.number)
+                      and not issubclass(x, np.timedelta64))]
+        a = np.array([], dtypes[0])
+        failures = []
+        # ignore complex warnings
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter('ignore', np.ComplexWarning)
+            for x in dtypes:
+                b = a.astype(x)
+                for y in dtypes:
+                    c = a.astype(y)
+                    try:
+                        np.dot(b, c)
+                    except TypeError:
+                        failures.append((x, y))
+        if failures:
+            raise AssertionError("Failures: %r" % failures)
+
+    def test_ticket_1538(self):
+        x = np.finfo(np.float32)
+        for name in 'eps epsneg max min resolution tiny'.split():
+            assert_equal(type(getattr(x, name)), np.float32,
+                         err_msg=name)
+
+    def test_ticket_1434(self):
+        # Check that the out= argument in var and std has an effect
+        data = np.array(((1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9)))
+        out = np.zeros((3,))
+
+        ret = data.var(axis=1, out=out)
+        assert_(ret is out)
+        assert_array_equal(ret, data.var(axis=1))
+
+        ret = data.std(axis=1, out=out)
+        assert_(ret is out)
+        assert_array_equal(ret, data.std(axis=1))
+
+    def test_complex_nan_maximum(self):
+        cnan = complex(0, np.nan)
+        assert_equal(np.maximum(1, cnan), cnan)
+
+    def test_subclass_int_tuple_assignment(self):
+        # ticket #1563
+        class Subclass(np.ndarray):
+            def __new__(cls, i):
+                return np.ones((i,)).view(cls)
+
+        x = Subclass(5)
+        x[(0,)] = 2  # shouldn't raise an exception
+        assert_equal(x[0], 2)
+
+    def test_ufunc_no_unnecessary_views(self):
+        # ticket #1548
+        class Subclass(np.ndarray):
+            pass
+        x = np.array([1, 2, 3]).view(Subclass)
+        y = np.add(x, x, x)
+        assert_equal(id(x), id(y))
+
+    def test_take_refcount(self):
+        # ticket #939
+        a = np.arange(16, dtype=np.float)
+        a.shape = (4, 4)
+        lut = np.ones((5 + 3, 4), np.float)
+        rgba = np.empty(shape=a.shape + (4,), dtype=lut.dtype)
+        c1 = sys.getrefcount(rgba)
+        try:
+            lut.take(a, axis=0, mode='clip', out=rgba)
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+        c2 = sys.getrefcount(rgba)
+        assert_equal(c1, c2)
+
+    def test_fromfile_tofile_seeks(self):
+        # On Python 3, tofile/fromfile used to get (#1610) the Python
+        # file handle out of sync
+        f0 = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+        f = f0.file
+        f.write(np.arange(255, dtype='u1').tobytes())
+
+        f.seek(20)
+        ret = np.fromfile(f, count=4, dtype='u1')
+        assert_equal(ret, np.array([20, 21, 22, 23], dtype='u1'))
+        assert_equal(f.tell(), 24)
+
+        f.seek(40)
+        np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype='u1').tofile(f)
+        assert_equal(f.tell(), 43)
+
+        f.seek(40)
+        data = f.read(3)
+        assert_equal(data, asbytes("\x01\x02\x03"))
+
+        f.seek(80)
+        f.read(4)
+        data = np.fromfile(f, dtype='u1', count=4)
+        assert_equal(data, np.array([84, 85, 86, 87], dtype='u1'))
+
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_complex_scalar_warning(self):
+        for tp in [np.csingle, np.cdouble, np.clongdouble]:
+            x = tp(1+2j)
+            assert_warns(np.ComplexWarning, float, x)
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
+                assert_equal(float(x), float(x.real))
+
+    def test_complex_scalar_complex_cast(self):
+        for tp in [np.csingle, np.cdouble, np.clongdouble]:
+            x = tp(1+2j)
+            assert_equal(complex(x), 1+2j)
+
+    def test_complex_boolean_cast(self):
+        # Ticket #2218
+        for tp in [np.csingle, np.cdouble, np.clongdouble]:
+            x = np.array([0, 0+0.5j, 0.5+0j], dtype=tp)
+            assert_equal(x.astype(bool), np.array([0, 1, 1], dtype=bool))
+            assert_(np.any(x))
+            assert_(np.all(x[1:]))
+
+    def test_uint_int_conversion(self):
+        x = 2**64 - 1
+        assert_equal(int(np.uint64(x)), x)
+
+    def test_duplicate_field_names_assign(self):
+        ra = np.fromiter(((i*3, i*2) for i in range(10)), dtype='i8,f8')
+        ra.dtype.names = ('f1', 'f2')
+        repr(ra)  # should not cause a segmentation fault
+        assert_raises(ValueError, setattr, ra.dtype, 'names', ('f1', 'f1'))
+
+    def test_eq_string_and_object_array(self):
+        # From e-mail thread "__eq__ with str and object" (Keith Goodman)
+        a1 = np.array(['a', 'b'], dtype=object)
+        a2 = np.array(['a', 'c'])
+        assert_array_equal(a1 == a2, [True, False])
+        assert_array_equal(a2 == a1, [True, False])
+
+    def test_nonzero_byteswap(self):
+        a = np.array([0x80000000, 0x00000080, 0], dtype=np.uint32)
+        a.dtype = np.float32
+        assert_equal(a.nonzero()[0], [1])
+        a = a.byteswap().newbyteorder()
+        assert_equal(a.nonzero()[0], [1])  # [0] if nonzero() ignores swap
+
+    def test_find_common_type_boolean(self):
+        # Ticket #1695
+        assert_(np.find_common_type([], ['?', '?']) == '?')
+
+    def test_empty_mul(self):
+        a = np.array([1.])
+        a[1:1] *= 2
+        assert_equal(a, [1.])
+
+    def test_array_side_effect(self):
+        # The second use of itemsize was throwing an exception because in
+        # ctors.c, discover_itemsize was calling PyObject_Length without
+        # checking the return code.  This failed to get the length of the
+        # number 2, and the exception hung around until something checked
+        # PyErr_Occurred() and returned an error.
+        assert_equal(np.dtype('S10').itemsize, 10)
+        np.array([['abc', 2], ['long   ', '0123456789']], dtype=np.string_)
+        assert_equal(np.dtype('S10').itemsize, 10)
+
+    def test_any_float(self):
+        # all and any for floats
+        a = np.array([0.1, 0.9])
+        assert_(np.any(a))
+        assert_(np.all(a))
+
+    def test_large_float_sum(self):
+        a = np.arange(10000, dtype='f')
+        assert_equal(a.sum(dtype='d'), a.astype('d').sum())
+
+    def test_ufunc_casting_out(self):
+        a = np.array(1.0, dtype=np.float32)
+        b = np.array(1.0, dtype=np.float64)
+        c = np.array(1.0, dtype=np.float32)
+        np.add(a, b, out=c)
+        assert_equal(c, 2.0)
+
+    def test_array_scalar_contiguous(self):
+        # Array scalars are both C and Fortran contiguous
+        assert_(np.array(1.0).flags.c_contiguous)
+        assert_(np.array(1.0).flags.f_contiguous)
+        assert_(np.array(np.float32(1.0)).flags.c_contiguous)
+        assert_(np.array(np.float32(1.0)).flags.f_contiguous)
+
+    def test_squeeze_contiguous(self):
+        # Similar to GitHub issue #387
+        a = np.zeros((1, 2)).squeeze()
+        b = np.zeros((2, 2, 2), order='F')[:,:, ::2].squeeze()
+        assert_(a.flags.c_contiguous)
+        assert_(a.flags.f_contiguous)
+        assert_(b.flags.f_contiguous)
+
+    def test_reduce_contiguous(self):
+        # GitHub issue #387
+        a = np.add.reduce(np.zeros((2, 1, 2)), (0, 1))
+        b = np.add.reduce(np.zeros((2, 1, 2)), 1)
+        assert_(a.flags.c_contiguous)
+        assert_(a.flags.f_contiguous)
+        assert_(b.flags.c_contiguous)
+
+    def test_object_array_self_reference(self):
+        # Object arrays with references to themselves can cause problems
+        a = np.array(0, dtype=object)
+        a[()] = a
+        assert_raises(TypeError, int, a)
+        assert_raises(TypeError, long, a)
+        assert_raises(TypeError, float, a)
+        assert_raises(TypeError, oct, a)
+        assert_raises(TypeError, hex, a)
+
+        # Test the same for a circular reference.
+        b = np.array(a, dtype=object)
+        a[()] = b
+        assert_raises(TypeError, int, a)
+        # Numpy has no tp_traverse currently, so circular references
+        # cannot be detected. So resolve it:
+        a[()] = 0
+
+        # This was causing a to become like the above
+        a = np.array(0, dtype=object)
+        a[...] += 1
+        assert_equal(a, 1)
+
+    def test_object_array_self_copy(self):
+        # An object array being copied into itself DECREF'ed before INCREF'ing
+        # causing segmentation faults (gh-3787)
+        a = np.array(object(), dtype=object)
+        np.copyto(a, a)
+        assert_equal(sys.getrefcount(a[()]), 2)
+        a[()].__class__  # will segfault if object was deleted
+
+    def test_zerosize_accumulate(self):
+        "Ticket #1733"
+        x = np.array([[42, 0]], dtype=np.uint32)
+        assert_equal(np.add.accumulate(x[:-1, 0]), [])
+
+    def test_objectarray_setfield(self):
+        # Setfield should not overwrite Object fields with non-Object data
+        x = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=object)
+        assert_raises(TypeError, x.setfield, 4, np.int32, 0)
+
+    def test_setting_rank0_string(self):
+        "Ticket #1736"
+        s1 = asbytes("hello1")
+        s2 = asbytes("hello2")
+        a = np.zeros((), dtype="S10")
+        a[()] = s1
+        assert_equal(a, np.array(s1))
+        a[()] = np.array(s2)
+        assert_equal(a, np.array(s2))
+
+        a = np.zeros((), dtype='f4')
+        a[()] = 3
+        assert_equal(a, np.array(3))
+        a[()] = np.array(4)
+        assert_equal(a, np.array(4))
+
+    def test_string_astype(self):
+        "Ticket #1748"
+        s1 = asbytes('black')
+        s2 = asbytes('white')
+        s3 = asbytes('other')
+        a = np.array([[s1], [s2], [s3]])
+        assert_equal(a.dtype, np.dtype('S5'))
+        b = a.astype(np.dtype('S0'))
+        assert_equal(b.dtype, np.dtype('S5'))
+
+    def test_ticket_1756(self):
+        # Ticket #1756
+        s = asbytes('0123456789abcdef')
+        a = np.array([s]*5)
+        for i in range(1, 17):
+            a1 = np.array(a, "|S%d" % i)
+            a2 = np.array([s[:i]]*5)
+            assert_equal(a1, a2)
+
+    def test_fields_strides(self):
+        "Ticket #1760"
+        r = np.fromstring('abcdefghijklmnop'*4*3, dtype='i4,(2,3)u2')
+        assert_equal(r[0:3:2]['f1'], r['f1'][0:3:2])
+        assert_equal(r[0:3:2]['f1'][0], r[0:3:2][0]['f1'])
+        assert_equal(r[0:3:2]['f1'][0][()], r[0:3:2][0]['f1'][()])
+        assert_equal(r[0:3:2]['f1'][0].strides, r[0:3:2][0]['f1'].strides)
+
+    def test_alignment_update(self):
+        # Check that alignment flag is updated on stride setting
+        a = np.arange(10)
+        assert_(a.flags.aligned)
+        a.strides = 3
+        assert_(not a.flags.aligned)
+
+    def test_ticket_1770(self):
+        "Should not segfault on python 3k"
+        import numpy as np
+        try:
+            a = np.zeros((1,), dtype=[('f1', 'f')])
+            a['f1'] = 1
+            a['f2'] = 1
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        except:
+            raise AssertionError
+
+    def test_ticket_1608(self):
+        "x.flat shouldn't modify data"
+        x = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]]).T
+        np.array(x.flat)
+        assert_equal(x, [[1, 3], [2, 4]])
+
+    def test_pickle_string_overwrite(self):
+        import re
+
+        data = np.array([1], dtype='b')
+        blob = pickle.dumps(data, protocol=1)
+        data = pickle.loads(blob)
+
+        # Check that loads does not clobber interned strings
+        s = re.sub("a(.)", "\x01\\1", "a_")
+        assert_equal(s[0], "\x01")
+        data[0] = 0xbb
+        s = re.sub("a(.)", "\x01\\1", "a_")
+        assert_equal(s[0], "\x01")
+
+    def test_pickle_bytes_overwrite(self):
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            data = np.array([1], dtype='b')
+            data = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(data))
+            data[0] = 0xdd
+            bytestring = "\x01  ".encode('ascii')
+            assert_equal(bytestring[0:1], '\x01'.encode('ascii'))
+
+    def test_pickle_py2_array_latin1_hack(self):
+        # Check that unpickling hacks in Py3 that support
+        # encoding='latin1' work correctly.
+
+        # Python2 output for pickle.dumps(numpy.array([129], dtype='b'))
+        data = asbytes("cnumpy.core.multiarray\n_reconstruct\np0\n(cnumpy\nndarray\np1\n(I0\n"
+                       "tp2\nS'b'\np3\ntp4\nRp5\n(I1\n(I1\ntp6\ncnumpy\ndtype\np7\n(S'i1'\np8\n"
+                       "I0\nI1\ntp9\nRp10\n(I3\nS'|'\np11\nNNNI-1\nI-1\nI0\ntp12\nbI00\nS'\\x81'\n"
+                       "p13\ntp14\nb.")
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            # This should work:
+            result = pickle.loads(data, encoding='latin1')
+            assert_array_equal(result, np.array([129], dtype='b'))
+            # Should not segfault:
+            assert_raises(Exception, pickle.loads, data, encoding='koi8-r')
+
+    def test_pickle_py2_scalar_latin1_hack(self):
+        # Check that scalar unpickling hack in Py3 that supports
+        # encoding='latin1' work correctly.
+
+        # Python2 output for pickle.dumps(...)
+        datas = [
+            # (original, python2_pickle, koi8r_validity)
+            (np.unicode_('\u6bd2'),
+             asbytes("cnumpy.core.multiarray\nscalar\np0\n(cnumpy\ndtype\np1\n"
+                     "(S'U1'\np2\nI0\nI1\ntp3\nRp4\n(I3\nS'<'\np5\nNNNI4\nI4\nI0\n"
+                     "tp6\nbS'\\xd2k\\x00\\x00'\np7\ntp8\nRp9\n."),
+             'invalid'),
+
+            (np.float64(9e123),
+             asbytes("cnumpy.core.multiarray\nscalar\np0\n(cnumpy\ndtype\np1\n(S'f8'\n"
+                     "p2\nI0\nI1\ntp3\nRp4\n(I3\nS'<'\np5\nNNNI-1\nI-1\nI0\ntp6\n"
+                     "bS'O\\x81\\xb7Z\\xaa:\\xabY'\np7\ntp8\nRp9\n."),
+             'invalid'),
+
+            (np.bytes_(asbytes('\x9c')),  # different 8-bit code point in KOI8-R vs latin1
+             asbytes("cnumpy.core.multiarray\nscalar\np0\n(cnumpy\ndtype\np1\n(S'S1'\np2\n"
+                     "I0\nI1\ntp3\nRp4\n(I3\nS'|'\np5\nNNNI1\nI1\nI0\ntp6\nbS'\\x9c'\np7\n"
+                     "tp8\nRp9\n."),
+             'different'),
+        ]
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            for original, data, koi8r_validity in datas:
+                result = pickle.loads(data, encoding='latin1')
+                assert_equal(result, original)
+
+                # Decoding under non-latin1 encoding (e.g.) KOI8-R can
+                # produce bad results, but should not segfault.
+                if koi8r_validity == 'different':
+                    # Unicode code points happen to lie within latin1,
+                    # but are different in koi8-r, resulting to silent
+                    # bogus results
+                    result = pickle.loads(data, encoding='koi8-r')
+                    assert_(result != original)
+                elif koi8r_validity == 'invalid':
+                    # Unicode code points outside latin1, so results
+                    # to an encoding exception
+                    assert_raises(ValueError, pickle.loads, data, encoding='koi8-r')
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(koi8r_validity)
+
+    def test_structured_type_to_object(self):
+        a_rec = np.array([(0, 1), (3, 2)], dtype='i4,i8')
+        a_obj = np.empty((2,), dtype=object)
+        a_obj[0] = (0, 1)
+        a_obj[1] = (3, 2)
+        # astype records -> object
+        assert_equal(a_rec.astype(object), a_obj)
+        # '=' records -> object
+        b = np.empty_like(a_obj)
+        b[...] = a_rec
+        assert_equal(b, a_obj)
+        # '=' object -> records
+        b = np.empty_like(a_rec)
+        b[...] = a_obj
+        assert_equal(b, a_rec)
+
+    def test_assign_obj_listoflists(self):
+        # Ticket # 1870
+        # The inner list should get assigned to the object elements
+        a = np.zeros(4, dtype=object)
+        b = a.copy()
+        a[0] = [1]
+        a[1] = [2]
+        a[2] = [3]
+        a[3] = [4]
+        b[...] = [[1], [2], [3], [4]]
+        assert_equal(a, b)
+        # The first dimension should get broadcast
+        a = np.zeros((2, 2), dtype=object)
+        a[...] = [[1, 2]]
+        assert_equal(a, [[1, 2], [1, 2]])
+
+    def test_memoryleak(self):
+        # Ticket #1917 - ensure that array data doesn't leak
+        for i in range(1000):
+            # 100MB times 1000 would give 100GB of memory usage if it leaks
+            a = np.empty((100000000,), dtype='i1')
+            del a
+
+    def test_ufunc_reduce_memoryleak(self):
+        a = np.arange(6)
+        acnt = sys.getrefcount(a)
+        np.add.reduce(a)
+        assert_equal(sys.getrefcount(a), acnt)
+
+    def test_search_sorted_invalid_arguments(self):
+        # Ticket #2021, should not segfault.
+        x = np.arange(0, 4, dtype='datetime64[D]')
+        assert_raises(TypeError, x.searchsorted, 1)
+
+    def test_string_truncation(self):
+        # Ticket #1990 - Data can be truncated in creation of an array from a
+        # mixed sequence of numeric values and strings
+        for val in [True, 1234, 123.4, complex(1, 234)]:
+            for tostr in [asunicode, asbytes]:
+                b = np.array([val, tostr('xx')])
+                assert_equal(tostr(b[0]), tostr(val))
+                b = np.array([tostr('xx'), val])
+                assert_equal(tostr(b[1]), tostr(val))
+
+                # test also with longer strings
+                b = np.array([val, tostr('xxxxxxxxxx')])
+                assert_equal(tostr(b[0]), tostr(val))
+                b = np.array([tostr('xxxxxxxxxx'), val])
+                assert_equal(tostr(b[1]), tostr(val))
+
+    def test_string_truncation_ucs2(self):
+        # Ticket #2081. Python compiled with two byte unicode
+        # can lead to truncation if itemsize is not properly
+        # adjusted for Numpy's four byte unicode.
+        if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+            a = np.array(['abcd'])
+        else:
+            a = np.array([sixu('abcd')])
+        assert_equal(a.dtype.itemsize, 16)
+
+    def test_unique_stable(self):
+        # Ticket #2063 must always choose stable sort for argsort to
+        # get consistent results
+        v = np.array(([0]*5 + [1]*6 + [2]*6)*4)
+        res = np.unique(v, return_index=True)
+        tgt = (np.array([0, 1, 2]), np.array([ 0,  5, 11]))
+        assert_equal(res, tgt)
+
+    def test_unicode_alloc_dealloc_match(self):
+        # Ticket #1578, the mismatch only showed up when running
+        # python-debug for python versions >= 2.7, and then as
+        # a core dump and error message.
+        a = np.array(['abc'], dtype=np.unicode)[0]
+        del a
+
+    def test_refcount_error_in_clip(self):
+        # Ticket #1588
+        a = np.zeros((2,), dtype='>i2').clip(min=0)
+        x = a + a
+        # This used to segfault:
+        y = str(x)
+        # Check the final string:
+        assert_(y == "[0 0]")
+
+    def test_searchsorted_wrong_dtype(self):
+        # Ticket #2189, it used to segfault, so we check that it raises the
+        # proper exception.
+        a = np.array([('a', 1)], dtype='S1, int')
+        assert_raises(TypeError, np.searchsorted, a, 1.2)
+        # Ticket #2066, similar problem:
+        dtype = np.format_parser(['i4', 'i4'], [], [])
+        a = np.recarray((2, ), dtype)
+        assert_raises(TypeError, np.searchsorted, a, 1)
+
+    def test_complex64_alignment(self):
+        # Issue gh-2668 (trac 2076), segfault on sparc due to misalignment
+        dtt = np.complex64
+        arr = np.arange(10, dtype=dtt)
+        # 2D array
+        arr2 = np.reshape(arr, (2, 5))
+        # Fortran write followed by (C or F) read caused bus error
+        data_str = arr2.tobytes('F')
+        data_back = np.ndarray(arr2.shape,
+                              arr2.dtype,
+                              buffer=data_str,
+                              order='F')
+        assert_array_equal(arr2, data_back)
+
+    def test_structured_count_nonzero(self):
+        arr = np.array([0, 1]).astype('i4, (2)i4')[:1]
+        count = np.count_nonzero(arr)
+        assert_equal(count, 0)
+
+    def test_copymodule_preserves_f_contiguity(self):
+        a = np.empty((2, 2), order='F')
+        b = copy.copy(a)
+        c = copy.deepcopy(a)
+        assert_(b.flags.fortran)
+        assert_(b.flags.f_contiguous)
+        assert_(c.flags.fortran)
+        assert_(c.flags.f_contiguous)
+
+    def test_fortran_order_buffer(self):
+        import numpy as np
+        a = np.array([['Hello', 'Foob']], dtype='U5', order='F')
+        arr = np.ndarray(shape=[1, 2, 5], dtype='U1', buffer=a)
+        arr2 = np.array([[[sixu('H'), sixu('e'), sixu('l'), sixu('l'), sixu('o')],
+                          [sixu('F'), sixu('o'), sixu('o'), sixu('b'), sixu('')]]])
+        assert_array_equal(arr, arr2)
+
+    def test_assign_from_sequence_error(self):
+        # Ticket #4024.
+        arr = np.array([1, 2, 3])
+        assert_raises(ValueError, arr.__setitem__, slice(None), [9, 9])
+        arr.__setitem__(slice(None), [9])
+        assert_equal(arr, [9, 9, 9])
+
+    def test_format_on_flex_array_element(self):
+        # Ticket #4369.
+        dt = np.dtype([('date', '<M8[D]'), ('val', '<f8')])
+        arr = np.array([('2000-01-01', 1)], dt)
+        formatted = '{0}'.format(arr[0])
+        assert_equal(formatted, str(arr[0]))
+
+    def test_deepcopy_on_0d_array(self):
+        # Ticket #3311.
+        arr = np.array(3)
+        arr_cp = copy.deepcopy(arr)
+
+        assert_equal(arr, arr_cp)
+        assert_equal(arr.shape, arr_cp.shape)
+        assert_equal(int(arr), int(arr_cp))
+        self.assertTrue(arr is not arr_cp)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(arr_cp, type(arr)))
+
+    def test_bool_subscript_crash(self):
+        # gh-4494
+        c = np.rec.array([(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6)])
+        masked = c[np.array([True, False])]
+        base = masked.base
+        del masked, c
+        base.dtype
+
+    def test_richcompare_crash(self):
+        # gh-4613
+        import operator as op
+
+        # dummy class where __array__ throws exception
+        class Foo(object):
+            __array_priority__ = 1002
+
+            def __array__(self,*args,**kwargs):
+                raise Exception()
+
+        rhs = Foo()
+        lhs = np.array(1)
+        for f in [op.lt, op.le, op.gt, op.ge]:
+            if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+                assert_raises(TypeError, f, lhs, rhs)
+            else:
+                f(lhs, rhs)
+        assert_(not op.eq(lhs, rhs))
+        assert_(op.ne(lhs, rhs))
+
+    def test_richcompare_scalar_and_subclass(self):
+        # gh-4709
+        class Foo(np.ndarray):
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return "OK"
+
+        x = np.array([1,2,3]).view(Foo)
+        assert_equal(10 == x, "OK")
+        assert_equal(np.int32(10) == x, "OK")
+        assert_equal(np.array([10]) == x, "OK")
+
+    def test_pickle_empty_string(self):
+        # gh-3926
+
+        import pickle
+        test_string = np.string_('')
+        assert_equal(pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(test_string)), test_string)
+
+    def test_frompyfunc_many_args(self):
+        # gh-5672
+
+        def passer(*args):
+            pass
+
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.frompyfunc, passer, 32, 1)
+
+    def test_repeat_broadcasting(self):
+        # gh-5743
+        a = np.arange(60).reshape(3, 4, 5)
+        for axis in chain(range(-a.ndim, a.ndim), [None]):
+            assert_equal(a.repeat(2, axis=axis), a.repeat([2], axis=axis))
+
+    def test_frompyfunc_nout_0(self):
+        # gh-2014
+
+        def f(x):
+            x[0], x[-1] = x[-1], x[0]
+
+        uf = np.frompyfunc(f, 1, 0)
+        a = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5], [6, 7, 8, 9]])
+        assert_equal(uf(a), ())
+        assert_array_equal(a, [[3, 2, 1], [5, 4], [9, 7, 8, 6]])
+
+    def test_leak_in_structured_dtype_comparison(self):
+        # gh-6250
+        recordtype = np.dtype([('a', np.float64),
+                               ('b', np.int32),
+                               ('d', (np.str, 5))])
+
+        # Simple case
+        a = np.zeros(2, dtype=recordtype)
+        for i in range(100):
+            a == a
+        assert_(sys.getrefcount(a) < 10)
+
+        # The case in the bug report.
+        before = sys.getrefcount(a)
+        u, v = a[0], a[1]
+        u == v
+        del u, v
+        gc.collect()
+        after = sys.getrefcount(a)
+        assert_equal(before, after)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_module_suite()