numpy 2.4.1__pp311-pypy311_pp73-macosx_14_0_arm64.whl

numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py

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+import gc
+import gzip
+import locale
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+import warnings
+import zipfile
+from ctypes import c_bool
+from datetime import datetime
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO
+from multiprocessing import Value, get_context
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+
+import pytest
+
+import numpy as np
+import numpy.ma as ma
+from numpy._utils import asbytes
+from numpy.exceptions import VisibleDeprecationWarning
+from numpy.lib import _npyio_impl
+from numpy.lib._iotools import ConversionWarning, ConverterError
+from numpy.lib._npyio_impl import recfromcsv, recfromtxt
+from numpy.ma.testutils import assert_equal
+from numpy.testing import (
+    HAS_REFCOUNT,
+    IS_PYPY,
+    IS_WASM,
+    assert_,
+    assert_allclose,
+    assert_array_equal,
+    assert_no_gc_cycles,
+    assert_no_warnings,
+    assert_raises,
+    assert_raises_regex,
+    break_cycles,
+    tempdir,
+    temppath,
+)
+from numpy.testing._private.utils import requires_memory
+
+
+class TextIO(BytesIO):
+    """Helper IO class.
+
+    Writes encode strings to bytes if needed, reads return bytes.
+    This makes it easier to emulate files opened in binary mode
+    without needing to explicitly convert strings to bytes in
+    setting up the test data.
+
+    """
+    def __init__(self, s=""):
+        BytesIO.__init__(self, asbytes(s))
+
+    def write(self, s):
+        BytesIO.write(self, asbytes(s))
+
+    def writelines(self, lines):
+        BytesIO.writelines(self, [asbytes(s) for s in lines])
+
+
+IS_64BIT = sys.maxsize > 2**32
+try:
+    import bz2
+    HAS_BZ2 = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_BZ2 = False
+try:
+    import lzma
+    HAS_LZMA = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_LZMA = False
+
+
+def strptime(s, fmt=None):
+    """
+    This function is available in the datetime module only from Python >=
+    2.5.
+
+    """
+    if isinstance(s, bytes):
+        s = s.decode("latin1")
+    return datetime(*time.strptime(s, fmt)[:3])
+
+
+class RoundtripTest:
+    def roundtrip(self, save_func, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        save_func : callable
+            Function used to save arrays to file.
+        file_on_disk : bool
+            If true, store the file on disk, instead of in a
+            string buffer.
+        save_kwds : dict
+            Parameters passed to `save_func`.
+        load_kwds : dict
+            Parameters passed to `numpy.load`.
+        args : tuple of arrays
+            Arrays stored to file.
+
+        """
+        save_kwds = kwargs.get('save_kwds', {})
+        load_kwds = kwargs.get('load_kwds', {"allow_pickle": True})
+        file_on_disk = kwargs.get('file_on_disk', False)
+
+        if file_on_disk:
+            target_file = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+            load_file = target_file.name
+        else:
+            target_file = BytesIO()
+            load_file = target_file
+
+        try:
+            arr = args
+
+            save_func(target_file, *arr, **save_kwds)
+            target_file.flush()
+            target_file.seek(0)
+
+            if sys.platform == 'win32' and not isinstance(target_file, BytesIO):
+                target_file.close()
+
+            arr_reloaded = np.load(load_file, **load_kwds)
+
+        finally:
+            if not isinstance(target_file, BytesIO):
+                target_file.close()
+                # holds an open file descriptor so it can't be deleted on win
+                if 'arr_reloaded' in locals():
+                    if not isinstance(arr_reloaded, np.lib.npyio.NpzFile):
+                        os.remove(target_file.name)
+
+        return arr, arr_reloaded
+
+    def check_roundtrips(self, a):
+        self.roundtrip(a)
+        self.roundtrip(a, file_on_disk=True)
+        self.roundtrip(np.asfortranarray(a))
+        self.roundtrip(np.asfortranarray(a), file_on_disk=True)
+        if a.shape[0] > 1:
+            # neither C nor Fortran contiguous for 2D arrays or more
+            self.roundtrip(np.asfortranarray(a)[1:])
+            self.roundtrip(np.asfortranarray(a)[1:], file_on_disk=True)
+
+    def test_array(self):
+        a = np.array([], float)
+        self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], int)
+        self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+        a = np.array([[1 + 5j, 2 + 6j], [3 + 7j, 4 + 8j]], dtype=np.csingle)
+        self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+        a = np.array([[1 + 5j, 2 + 6j], [3 + 7j, 4 + 8j]], dtype=np.cdouble)
+        self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+    def test_array_object(self):
+        a = np.array([], object)
+        self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], object)
+        self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+    def test_1D(self):
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], int)
+        self.roundtrip(a)
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == 'win32', reason="Fails on Win32")
+    def test_mmap(self):
+        a = np.array([[1, 2.5], [4, 7.3]])
+        self.roundtrip(a, file_on_disk=True, load_kwds={'mmap_mode': 'r'})
+
+        a = np.asfortranarray([[1, 2.5], [4, 7.3]])
+        self.roundtrip(a, file_on_disk=True, load_kwds={'mmap_mode': 'r'})
+
+    def test_record(self):
+        a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], dtype=[('x', 'i4'), ('y', 'i4')])
+        self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    def test_format_2_0(self):
+        dt = [(("%d" % i) * 100, float) for i in range(500)]
+        a = np.ones(1000, dtype=dt)
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', UserWarning)
+            self.check_roundtrips(a)
+
+
+class TestSaveLoad(RoundtripTest):
+    def roundtrip(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        arr, arr_reloaded = RoundtripTest.roundtrip(self, np.save, *args, **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(arr[0], arr_reloaded)
+        assert_equal(arr[0].dtype, arr_reloaded.dtype)
+        assert_equal(arr[0].flags.fnc, arr_reloaded.flags.fnc)
+
+
+class TestSavezLoad(RoundtripTest):
+    def roundtrip(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        arr, arr_reloaded = RoundtripTest.roundtrip(self, np.savez, *args, **kwargs)
+        try:
+            for n, a in enumerate(arr):
+                reloaded = arr_reloaded['arr_%d' % n]
+                assert_equal(a, reloaded)
+                assert_equal(a.dtype, reloaded.dtype)
+                assert_equal(a.flags.fnc, reloaded.flags.fnc)
+        finally:
+            # delete tempfile, must be done here on windows
+            if arr_reloaded.fid:
+                arr_reloaded.fid.close()
+                os.remove(arr_reloaded.fid.name)
+
+    def test_load_non_npy(self):
+        """Test loading non-.npy files and name mapping in .npz."""
+        with temppath(prefix="numpy_test_npz_load_non_npy_", suffix=".npz") as tmp:
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(tmp, "w") as npz:
+                with npz.open("test1.npy", "w") as out_file:
+                    np.save(out_file, np.arange(10))
+                with npz.open("test2", "w") as out_file:
+                    np.save(out_file, np.arange(10))
+                with npz.open("metadata", "w") as out_file:
+                    out_file.write(b"Name: Test")
+            with np.load(tmp) as npz:
+                assert len(npz["test1"]) == 10
+                assert len(npz["test1.npy"]) == 10
+                assert len(npz["test2"]) == 10
+                assert npz["metadata"] == b"Name: Test"
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(IS_PYPY, reason="Hangs on PyPy")
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not IS_64BIT, reason="Needs 64bit platform")
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    @pytest.mark.thread_unsafe(reason="crashes with low memory")
+    def test_big_arrays(self):
+        L = (1 << 31) + 100000
+        a = np.empty(L, dtype=np.uint8)
+        with temppath(prefix="numpy_test_big_arrays_", suffix=".npz") as tmp:
+            np.savez(tmp, a=a)
+            del a
+            npfile = np.load(tmp)
+            a = npfile['a']  # Should succeed
+            npfile.close()
+
+    def test_multiple_arrays(self):
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        b = np.array([[1 + 2j, 2 + 7j], [3 - 6j, 4 + 12j]], complex)
+        self.roundtrip(a, b)
+
+    def test_named_arrays(self):
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        b = np.array([[1 + 2j, 2 + 7j], [3 - 6j, 4 + 12j]], complex)
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savez(c, file_a=a, file_b=b)
+        c.seek(0)
+        l = np.load(c)
+        assert_equal(a, l['file_a'])
+        assert_equal(b, l['file_b'])
+
+    def test_tuple_getitem_raises(self):
+        # gh-23748
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3])
+        f = BytesIO()
+        np.savez(f, a=a)
+        f.seek(0)
+        l = np.load(f)
+        with pytest.raises(KeyError, match="(1, 2)"):
+            l[1, 2]
+
+    def test_BagObj(self):
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        b = np.array([[1 + 2j, 2 + 7j], [3 - 6j, 4 + 12j]], complex)
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savez(c, file_a=a, file_b=b)
+        c.seek(0)
+        l = np.load(c)
+        assert_equal(sorted(dir(l.f)), ['file_a', 'file_b'])
+        assert_equal(a, l.f.file_a)
+        assert_equal(b, l.f.file_b)
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(IS_WASM, reason="Cannot start thread")
+    def test_savez_filename_clashes(self):
+        # Test that issue #852 is fixed
+        # and savez functions in multithreaded environment
+
+        def writer(error_list):
+            with temppath(suffix='.npz') as tmp:
+                arr = np.random.randn(500, 500)
+                try:
+                    np.savez(tmp, arr=arr)
+                except OSError as err:
+                    error_list.append(err)
+
+        errors = []
+        threads = [threading.Thread(target=writer, args=(errors,))
+                   for j in range(3)]
+        for t in threads:
+            t.start()
+        for t in threads:
+            t.join()
+
+        if errors:
+            raise AssertionError(errors)
+
+    def test_not_closing_opened_fid(self):
+        # Test that issue #2178 is fixed:
+        # verify could seek on 'loaded' file
+        with temppath(suffix='.npz') as tmp:
+            with open(tmp, 'wb') as fp:
+                np.savez(fp, data='LOVELY LOAD')
+            with open(tmp, 'rb', 10000) as fp:
+                fp.seek(0)
+                assert_(not fp.closed)
+                np.load(fp)['data']
+                # fp must not get closed by .load
+                assert_(not fp.closed)
+                fp.seek(0)
+                assert_(not fp.closed)
+
+    @pytest.mark.slow_pypy
+    def test_closing_fid(self):
+        # Test that issue #1517 (too many opened files) remains closed
+        # It might be a "weak" test since failed to get triggered on
+        # e.g. Debian sid of 2012 Jul 05 but was reported to
+        # trigger the failure on Ubuntu 10.04:
+        # http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1517#comment:2
+        with temppath(suffix='.npz') as tmp:
+            np.savez(tmp, data='LOVELY LOAD')
+            # We need to check if the garbage collector can properly close
+            # numpy npz file returned by np.load when their reference count
+            # goes to zero.  Python running in debug mode raises a
+            # ResourceWarning when file closing is left to the garbage
+            # collector, so we catch the warnings.
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                # TODO: specify exact message
+                warnings.simplefilter('ignore', ResourceWarning)
+                for i in range(1, 1025):
+                    try:
+                        np.load(tmp)["data"]
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        msg = f"Failed to load data from a file: {e}"
+                        raise AssertionError(msg)
+                    finally:
+                        if IS_PYPY:
+                            gc.collect()
+
+    def test_closing_zipfile_after_load(self):
+        # Check that zipfile owns file and can close it.  This needs to
+        # pass a file name to load for the test. On windows failure will
+        # cause a second error will be raised when the attempt to remove
+        # the open file is made.
+        prefix = 'numpy_test_closing_zipfile_after_load_'
+        with temppath(suffix='.npz', prefix=prefix) as tmp:
+            np.savez(tmp, lab='place holder')
+            data = np.load(tmp)
+            fp = data.zip.fp
+            data.close()
+            assert_(fp.closed)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("count, expected_repr", [
+        (1, "NpzFile {fname!r} with keys: arr_0"),
+        (5, "NpzFile {fname!r} with keys: arr_0, arr_1, arr_2, arr_3, arr_4"),
+        # _MAX_REPR_ARRAY_COUNT is 5, so files with more than 5 keys are
+        # expected to end in '...'
+        (6, "NpzFile {fname!r} with keys: arr_0, arr_1, arr_2, arr_3, arr_4..."),
+    ])
+    def test_repr_lists_keys(self, count, expected_repr):
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        with temppath(suffix='.npz') as tmp:
+            np.savez(tmp, *[a] * count)
+            l = np.load(tmp)
+            assert repr(l) == expected_repr.format(fname=tmp)
+            l.close()
+
+
+class TestSaveTxt:
+    def test_array(self):
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        fmt = "%.18e"
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt=fmt)
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.readlines(),
+                     [asbytes((fmt + ' ' + fmt + '\n') % (1, 2)),
+                      asbytes((fmt + ' ' + fmt + '\n') % (3, 4))])
+
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], int)
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%d')
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.readlines(), [b'1 2\n', b'3 4\n'])
+
+    def test_1D(self):
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], int)
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%d')
+        c.seek(0)
+        lines = c.readlines()
+        assert_equal(lines, [b'1\n', b'2\n', b'3\n', b'4\n'])
+
+    def test_0D_3D(self):
+        c = BytesIO()
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.savetxt, c, np.array(1))
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.savetxt, c, np.array([[[1], [2]]]))
+
+    def test_structured(self):
+        a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], dtype=[('x', 'i4'), ('y', 'i4')])
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%d')
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.readlines(), [b'1 2\n', b'3 4\n'])
+
+    def test_structured_padded(self):
+        # gh-13297
+        a = np.array([(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6)], dtype=[
+            ('foo', 'i4'), ('bar', 'i4'), ('baz', 'i4')
+        ])
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a[['foo', 'baz']], fmt='%d')
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.readlines(), [b'1 3\n', b'4 6\n'])
+
+    def test_multifield_view(self):
+        a = np.ones(1, dtype=[('x', 'i4'), ('y', 'i4'), ('z', 'f4')])
+        v = a[['x', 'z']]
+        with temppath(suffix='.npy') as path:
+            path = Path(path)
+            np.save(path, v)
+            data = np.load(path)
+            assert_array_equal(data, v)
+
+    def test_delimiter(self):
+        a = np.array([[1., 2.], [3., 4.]])
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, delimiter=',', fmt='%d')
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.readlines(), [b'1,2\n', b'3,4\n'])
+
+    def test_format(self):
+        a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)])
+        c = BytesIO()
+        # Sequence of formats
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt=['%02d', '%3.1f'])
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.readlines(), [b'01 2.0\n', b'03 4.0\n'])
+
+        # A single multiformat string
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%02d : %3.1f')
+        c.seek(0)
+        lines = c.readlines()
+        assert_equal(lines, [b'01 : 2.0\n', b'03 : 4.0\n'])
+
+        # Specify delimiter, should be overridden
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%02d : %3.1f', delimiter=',')
+        c.seek(0)
+        lines = c.readlines()
+        assert_equal(lines, [b'01 : 2.0\n', b'03 : 4.0\n'])
+
+        # Bad fmt, should raise a ValueError
+        c = BytesIO()
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.savetxt, c, a, fmt=99)
+
+    def test_header_footer(self):
+        # Test the functionality of the header and footer keyword argument.
+
+        c = BytesIO()
+        a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], dtype=int)
+        test_header_footer = 'Test header / footer'
+        # Test the header keyword argument
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%1d', header=test_header_footer)
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.read(),
+                     asbytes('# ' + test_header_footer + '\n1 2\n3 4\n'))
+        # Test the footer keyword argument
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%1d', footer=test_header_footer)
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.read(),
+                     asbytes('1 2\n3 4\n# ' + test_header_footer + '\n'))
+        # Test the commentstr keyword argument used on the header
+        c = BytesIO()
+        commentstr = '% '
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%1d',
+                   header=test_header_footer, comments=commentstr)
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.read(),
+                     asbytes(commentstr + test_header_footer + '\n' + '1 2\n3 4\n'))
+        # Test the commentstr keyword argument used on the footer
+        c = BytesIO()
+        commentstr = '% '
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%1d',
+                   footer=test_header_footer, comments=commentstr)
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(c.read(),
+                     asbytes('1 2\n3 4\n' + commentstr + test_header_footer + '\n'))
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename_type", [Path, str])
+    def test_file_roundtrip(self, filename_type):
+        with temppath() as name:
+            a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)])
+            np.savetxt(filename_type(name), a)
+            b = np.loadtxt(filename_type(name))
+            assert_array_equal(a, b)
+
+    def test_complex_arrays(self):
+        ncols = 2
+        nrows = 2
+        a = np.zeros((ncols, nrows), dtype=np.complex128)
+        re = np.pi
+        im = np.e
+        a[:] = re + 1.0j * im
+
+        # One format only
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt=' %+.3e')
+        c.seek(0)
+        lines = c.readlines()
+        assert_equal(
+            lines,
+            [b' ( +3.142e+00+ +2.718e+00j)  ( +3.142e+00+ +2.718e+00j)\n',
+             b' ( +3.142e+00+ +2.718e+00j)  ( +3.142e+00+ +2.718e+00j)\n'])
+
+        # One format for each real and imaginary part
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='  %+.3e' * 2 * ncols)
+        c.seek(0)
+        lines = c.readlines()
+        assert_equal(
+            lines,
+            [b'  +3.142e+00  +2.718e+00  +3.142e+00  +2.718e+00\n',
+             b'  +3.142e+00  +2.718e+00  +3.142e+00  +2.718e+00\n'])
+
+        # One format for each complex number
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt=['(%.3e%+.3ej)'] * ncols)
+        c.seek(0)
+        lines = c.readlines()
+        assert_equal(
+            lines,
+            [b'(3.142e+00+2.718e+00j) (3.142e+00+2.718e+00j)\n',
+             b'(3.142e+00+2.718e+00j) (3.142e+00+2.718e+00j)\n'])
+
+    def test_complex_negative_exponent(self):
+        # Previous to 1.15, some formats generated x+-yj, gh 7895
+        ncols = 2
+        nrows = 2
+        a = np.zeros((ncols, nrows), dtype=np.complex128)
+        re = np.pi
+        im = np.e
+        a[:] = re - 1.0j * im
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%.3e')
+        c.seek(0)
+        lines = c.readlines()
+        assert_equal(
+            lines,
+            [b' (3.142e+00-2.718e+00j)  (3.142e+00-2.718e+00j)\n',
+             b' (3.142e+00-2.718e+00j)  (3.142e+00-2.718e+00j)\n'])
+
+    def test_custom_writer(self):
+
+        class CustomWriter(list):
+            def write(self, text):
+                self.extend(text.split(b'\n'))
+
+        w = CustomWriter()
+        a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)])
+        np.savetxt(w, a)
+        b = np.loadtxt(w)
+        assert_array_equal(a, b)
+
+    def test_unicode(self):
+        utf8 = b'\xcf\x96'.decode('UTF-8')
+        a = np.array([utf8], dtype=np.str_)
+        with tempdir() as tmpdir:
+            # set encoding as on windows it may not be unicode even on py3
+            np.savetxt(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.csv'), a, fmt=['%s'],
+                       encoding='UTF-8')
+
+    def test_unicode_roundtrip(self):
+        utf8 = b'\xcf\x96'.decode('UTF-8')
+        a = np.array([utf8], dtype=np.str_)
+        # our gz wrapper support encoding
+        suffixes = ['', '.gz']
+        if HAS_BZ2:
+            suffixes.append('.bz2')
+        if HAS_LZMA:
+            suffixes.extend(['.xz', '.lzma'])
+        with tempdir() as tmpdir:
+            for suffix in suffixes:
+                np.savetxt(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.csv' + suffix), a,
+                           fmt=['%s'], encoding='UTF-16-LE')
+                b = np.loadtxt(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.csv' + suffix),
+                               encoding='UTF-16-LE', dtype=np.str_)
+                assert_array_equal(a, b)
+
+    def test_unicode_bytestream(self):
+        utf8 = b'\xcf\x96'.decode('UTF-8')
+        a = np.array([utf8], dtype=np.str_)
+        s = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(s, a, fmt=['%s'], encoding='UTF-8')
+        s.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(s.read().decode('UTF-8'), utf8 + '\n')
+
+    def test_unicode_stringstream(self):
+        utf8 = b'\xcf\x96'.decode('UTF-8')
+        a = np.array([utf8], dtype=np.str_)
+        s = StringIO()
+        np.savetxt(s, a, fmt=['%s'], encoding='UTF-8')
+        s.seek(0)
+        assert_equal(s.read(), utf8 + '\n')
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("iotype", [StringIO, BytesIO])
+    def test_unicode_and_bytes_fmt(self, iotype):
+        # string type of fmt should not matter, see also gh-4053
+        a = np.array([1.])
+        s = iotype()
+        np.savetxt(s, a, fmt="%f")
+        s.seek(0)
+        if iotype is StringIO:
+            assert_equal(s.read(), "%f\n" % 1.)
+        else:
+            assert_equal(s.read(), b"%f\n" % 1.)
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == 'win32', reason="files>4GB may not work")
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    @requires_memory(free_bytes=7e9)
+    @pytest.mark.thread_unsafe(reason="crashes with low memory")
+    def test_large_zip(self):
+        def check_large_zip(memoryerror_raised):
+            memoryerror_raised.value = False
+            try:
+                # The test takes at least 6GB of memory, writes a file larger
+                # than 4GB. This tests the ``allowZip64`` kwarg to ``zipfile``
+                test_data = np.asarray([np.random.rand(
+                                        np.random.randint(50, 100), 4)
+                                        for i in range(800000)], dtype=object)
+                with tempdir() as tmpdir:
+                    np.savez(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.npz'),
+                             test_data=test_data)
+            except MemoryError:
+                memoryerror_raised.value = True
+                raise
+        # run in a subprocess to ensure memory is released on PyPy, see gh-15775
+        # Use an object in shared memory to re-raise the MemoryError exception
+        # in our process if needed, see gh-16889
+        memoryerror_raised = Value(c_bool)
+
+        # Since Python 3.8, the default start method for multiprocessing has
+        # been changed from 'fork' to 'spawn' on macOS, causing inconsistency
+        # on memory sharing model, leading to failed test for check_large_zip
+        ctx = get_context('fork')
+        p = ctx.Process(target=check_large_zip, args=(memoryerror_raised,))
+        p.start()
+        p.join()
+        if memoryerror_raised.value:
+            raise MemoryError("Child process raised a MemoryError exception")
+        # -9 indicates a SIGKILL, probably an OOM.
+        if p.exitcode == -9:
+            msg = "subprocess got a SIGKILL, apparently free memory was not sufficient"
+            pytest.xfail(msg)
+        assert p.exitcode == 0
+
+class LoadTxtBase:
+    def check_compressed(self, fopen, suffixes):
+        # Test that we can load data from a compressed file
+        wanted = np.arange(6).reshape((2, 3))
+        linesep = ('\n', '\r\n', '\r')
+        for sep in linesep:
+            data = '0 1 2' + sep + '3 4 5'
+            for suffix in suffixes:
+                with temppath(suffix=suffix) as name:
+                    with fopen(name, mode='wt', encoding='UTF-32-LE') as f:
+                        f.write(data)
+                    res = self.loadfunc(name, encoding='UTF-32-LE')
+                    assert_array_equal(res, wanted)
+                    with fopen(name, "rt",  encoding='UTF-32-LE') as f:
+                        res = self.loadfunc(f)
+                    assert_array_equal(res, wanted)
+
+    def test_compressed_gzip(self):
+        self.check_compressed(gzip.open, ('.gz',))
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_BZ2, reason="Needs bz2")
+    def test_compressed_bz2(self):
+        self.check_compressed(bz2.open, ('.bz2',))
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_LZMA, reason="Needs lzma")
+    def test_compressed_lzma(self):
+        self.check_compressed(lzma.open, ('.xz', '.lzma'))
+
+    def test_encoding(self):
+        with temppath() as path:
+            with open(path, "wb") as f:
+                f.write('0.\n1.\n2.'.encode("UTF-16"))
+            x = self.loadfunc(path, encoding="UTF-16")
+            assert_array_equal(x, [0., 1., 2.])
+
+    def test_stringload(self):
+        # umlaute
+        nonascii = b'\xc3\xb6\xc3\xbc\xc3\xb6'.decode("UTF-8")
+        with temppath() as path:
+            with open(path, "wb") as f:
+                f.write(nonascii.encode("UTF-16"))
+            x = self.loadfunc(path, encoding="UTF-16", dtype=np.str_)
+            assert_array_equal(x, nonascii)
+
+    def test_binary_decode(self):
+        utf16 = b'\xff\xfeh\x04 \x00i\x04 \x00j\x04'
+        v = self.loadfunc(BytesIO(utf16), dtype=np.str_, encoding='UTF-16')
+        assert_array_equal(v, np.array(utf16.decode('UTF-16').split()))
+
+    def test_converters_decode(self):
+        # test converters that decode strings
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write(b'\xcf\x96')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = self.loadfunc(c, dtype=np.str_, encoding="bytes",
+                          converters={0: lambda x: x.decode('UTF-8')})
+        a = np.array([b'\xcf\x96'.decode('UTF-8')])
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_converters_nodecode(self):
+        # test native string converters enabled by setting an encoding
+        utf8 = b'\xcf\x96'.decode('UTF-8')
+        with temppath() as path:
+            with open(path, 'wt', encoding='UTF-8') as f:
+                f.write(utf8)
+            x = self.loadfunc(path, dtype=np.str_,
+                              converters={0: lambda x: x + 't'},
+                              encoding='UTF-8')
+            a = np.array([utf8 + 't'])
+            assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+
+class TestLoadTxt(LoadTxtBase):
+    loadfunc = staticmethod(np.loadtxt)
+
+    def setup_method(self):
+        # lower chunksize for testing
+        self.orig_chunk = _npyio_impl._loadtxt_chunksize
+        _npyio_impl._loadtxt_chunksize = 1
+
+    def teardown_method(self):
+        _npyio_impl._loadtxt_chunksize = self.orig_chunk
+
+    def test_record(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1 2\n3 4')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=[('x', np.int32), ('y', np.int32)])
+        a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], dtype=[('x', 'i4'), ('y', 'i4')])
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+        d = TextIO()
+        d.write('M 64 75.0\nF 25 60.0')
+        d.seek(0)
+        mydescriptor = {'names': ('gender', 'age', 'weight'),
+                        'formats': ('S1', 'i4', 'f4')}
+        b = np.array([('M', 64.0, 75.0),
+                      ('F', 25.0, 60.0)], dtype=mydescriptor)
+        y = np.loadtxt(d, dtype=mydescriptor)
+        assert_array_equal(y, b)
+
+    def test_array(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1 2\n3 4')
+
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int)
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=float)
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_1D(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1\n2\n3\n4\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int)
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1,2,3,4\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',')
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_missing(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1,2,3,,5\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       converters={3: lambda s: int(s or - 999)})
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, -999, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_converters_with_usecols(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1,2,3,,5\n6,7,8,9,10\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       converters={3: lambda s: int(s or - 999)},
+                       usecols=(1, 3,))
+        a = np.array([[2, -999], [7, 9]], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_comments_unicode(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('# comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       comments='#')
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_comments_byte(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('# comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       comments=b'#')
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_comments_multiple(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('# comment\n1,2,3\n@ comment2\n4,5,6 // comment3')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       comments=['#', '@', '//'])
+        a = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(IS_PYPY and sys.implementation.version <= (7, 3, 8),
+                        reason="PyPy bug in error formatting")
+    def test_comments_multi_chars(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('/* comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       comments='/*')
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+        # Check that '/*' is not transformed to ['/', '*']
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('*/ comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.loadtxt, c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                      comments='/*')
+
+    def test_skiprows(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       skiprows=1)
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('# comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       skiprows=1)
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_usecols(self):
+        a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a)
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=float, usecols=(1,))
+        assert_array_equal(x, a[:, 1])
+
+        a = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5]], float)
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a)
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=float, usecols=(1, 2))
+        assert_array_equal(x, a[:, 1:])
+
+        # Testing with arrays instead of tuples.
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=float, usecols=np.array([1, 2]))
+        assert_array_equal(x, a[:, 1:])
+
+        # Testing with an integer instead of a sequence
+        for int_type in [int, np.int8, np.int16,
+                         np.int32, np.int64, np.uint8, np.uint16,
+                         np.uint32, np.uint64]:
+            to_read = int_type(1)
+            c.seek(0)
+            x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=float, usecols=to_read)
+            assert_array_equal(x, a[:, 1])
+
+        # Testing with some crazy custom integer type
+        class CrazyInt:
+            def __index__(self):
+                return 1
+
+        crazy_int = CrazyInt()
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=float, usecols=crazy_int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a[:, 1])
+
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=float, usecols=(crazy_int,))
+        assert_array_equal(x, a[:, 1])
+
+        # Checking with dtypes defined converters.
+        data = '''JOE 70.1 25.3
+                BOB 60.5 27.9
+                '''
+        c = TextIO(data)
+        names = ['stid', 'temp']
+        dtypes = ['S4', 'f8']
+        arr = np.loadtxt(c, usecols=(0, 2), dtype=list(zip(names, dtypes)))
+        assert_equal(arr['stid'], [b"JOE", b"BOB"])
+        assert_equal(arr['temp'], [25.3, 27.9])
+
+        # Testing non-ints in usecols
+        c.seek(0)
+        bogus_idx = 1.5
+        assert_raises_regex(
+            TypeError,
+            f'^usecols must be.*{type(bogus_idx).__name__}',
+            np.loadtxt, c, usecols=bogus_idx
+            )
+
+        assert_raises_regex(
+            TypeError,
+            f'^usecols must be.*{type(bogus_idx).__name__}',
+            np.loadtxt, c, usecols=[0, bogus_idx, 0]
+            )
+
+    def test_bad_usecols(self):
+        with pytest.raises(OverflowError):
+            np.loadtxt(["1\n"], usecols=[2**64], delimiter=",")
+        with pytest.raises((ValueError, OverflowError)):
+            # Overflow error on 32bit platforms
+            np.loadtxt(["1\n"], usecols=[2**62], delimiter=",")
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError,
+                match="If a structured dtype .*. But 1 usecols were given and "
+                      "the number of fields is 3."):
+            np.loadtxt(["1,1\n"], dtype="i,2i", usecols=[0], delimiter=",")
+
+    def test_fancy_dtype(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1,2,3.0\n4,5,6.0\n')
+        c.seek(0)
+        dt = np.dtype([('x', int), ('y', [('t', int), ('s', float)])])
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=dt, delimiter=',')
+        a = np.array([(1, (2, 3.0)), (4, (5, 6.0))], dt)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_shaped_dtype(self):
+        c = TextIO("aaaa  1.0  8.0  1 2 3 4 5 6")
+        dt = np.dtype([('name', 'S4'), ('x', float), ('y', float),
+                       ('block', int, (2, 3))])
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=dt)
+        a = np.array([('aaaa', 1.0, 8.0, [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]])],
+                     dtype=dt)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_3d_shaped_dtype(self):
+        c = TextIO("aaaa  1.0  8.0  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12")
+        dt = np.dtype([('name', 'S4'), ('x', float), ('y', float),
+                       ('block', int, (2, 2, 3))])
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=dt)
+        a = np.array([('aaaa', 1.0, 8.0,
+                       [[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]], [[7, 8, 9], [10, 11, 12]]])],
+                     dtype=dt)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_str_dtype(self):
+        # see gh-8033
+        c = ["str1", "str2"]
+
+        for dt in (str, np.bytes_):
+            a = np.array(["str1", "str2"], dtype=dt)
+            x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=dt)
+            assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_empty_file(self):
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="input contained no data"):
+            c = TextIO()
+            x = np.loadtxt(c)
+            assert_equal(x.shape, (0,))
+            x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=np.int64)
+            assert_equal(x.shape, (0,))
+            assert_(x.dtype == np.int64)
+
+    def test_unused_converter(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.writelines(['1 21\n', '3 42\n'])
+        c.seek(0)
+        data = np.loadtxt(c, usecols=(1,),
+                          converters={0: lambda s: int(s, 16)})
+        assert_array_equal(data, [21, 42])
+
+        c.seek(0)
+        data = np.loadtxt(c, usecols=(1,),
+                          converters={1: lambda s: int(s, 16)})
+        assert_array_equal(data, [33, 66])
+
+    def test_dtype_with_object(self):
+        # Test using an explicit dtype with an object
+        data = """ 1; 2001-01-01
+                   2; 2002-01-31 """
+        ndtype = [('idx', int), ('code', object)]
+        func = lambda s: strptime(s.strip(), "%Y-%m-%d")
+        converters = {1: func}
+        test = np.loadtxt(TextIO(data), delimiter=";", dtype=ndtype,
+                          converters=converters)
+        control = np.array(
+            [(1, datetime(2001, 1, 1)), (2, datetime(2002, 1, 31))],
+            dtype=ndtype)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_uint64_type(self):
+        tgt = (9223372043271415339, 9223372043271415853)
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write("%s %s" % tgt)
+        c.seek(0)
+        res = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=np.uint64)
+        assert_equal(res, tgt)
+
+    def test_int64_type(self):
+        tgt = (-9223372036854775807, 9223372036854775807)
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write("%s %s" % tgt)
+        c.seek(0)
+        res = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=np.int64)
+        assert_equal(res, tgt)
+
+    def test_from_float_hex(self):
+        # IEEE doubles and floats only, otherwise the float32
+        # conversion may fail.
+        tgt = np.logspace(-10, 10, 5).astype(np.float32)
+        tgt = np.hstack((tgt, -tgt)).astype(float)
+        inp = '\n'.join(map(float.hex, tgt))
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write(inp)
+        for dt in [float, np.float32]:
+            c.seek(0)
+            res = np.loadtxt(
+                c, dtype=dt, converters=float.fromhex, encoding="latin1")
+            assert_equal(res, tgt, err_msg=f"{dt}")
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(IS_PYPY and sys.implementation.version <= (7, 3, 8),
+                        reason="PyPy bug in error formatting")
+    def test_default_float_converter_no_default_hex_conversion(self):
+        """
+        Ensure that fromhex is only used for values with the correct prefix and
+        is not called by default. Regression test related to gh-19598.
+        """
+        c = TextIO("a b c")
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError,
+                match=".*convert string 'a' to float64 at row 0, column 1"):
+            np.loadtxt(c)
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(IS_PYPY and sys.implementation.version <= (7, 3, 8),
+                        reason="PyPy bug in error formatting")
+    def test_default_float_converter_exception(self):
+        """
+        Ensure that the exception message raised during failed floating point
+        conversion is correct. Regression test related to gh-19598.
+        """
+        c = TextIO("qrs tuv")  # Invalid values for default float converter
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError,
+                match="could not convert string 'qrs' to float64"):
+            np.loadtxt(c)
+
+    def test_from_complex(self):
+        tgt = (complex(1, 1), complex(1, -1))
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write("%s %s" % tgt)
+        c.seek(0)
+        res = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=complex)
+        assert_equal(res, tgt)
+
+    def test_complex_misformatted(self):
+        # test for backward compatibility
+        # some complex formats used to generate x+-yj
+        a = np.zeros((2, 2), dtype=np.complex128)
+        re = np.pi
+        im = np.e
+        a[:] = re - 1.0j * im
+        c = BytesIO()
+        np.savetxt(c, a, fmt='%.16e')
+        c.seek(0)
+        txt = c.read()
+        c.seek(0)
+        # misformat the sign on the imaginary part, gh 7895
+        txt_bad = txt.replace(b'e+00-', b'e00+-')
+        assert_(txt_bad != txt)
+        c.write(txt_bad)
+        c.seek(0)
+        res = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=complex)
+        assert_equal(res, a)
+
+    def test_universal_newline(self):
+        with temppath() as name:
+            with open(name, 'w') as f:
+                f.write('1 21\r3 42\r')
+            data = np.loadtxt(name)
+        assert_array_equal(data, [[1, 21], [3, 42]])
+
+    def test_empty_field_after_tab(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1 \t2 \t3\tstart \n4\t5\t6\t  \n7\t8\t9.5\t')
+        c.seek(0)
+        dt = {'names': ('x', 'y', 'z', 'comment'),
+              'formats': ('<i4', '<i4', '<f4', '|S8')}
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=dt, delimiter='\t')
+        a = np.array([b'start ', b'  ', b''])
+        assert_array_equal(x['comment'], a)
+
+    def test_unpack_structured(self):
+        txt = TextIO("M 21 72\nF 35 58")
+        dt = {'names': ('a', 'b', 'c'), 'formats': ('|S1', '<i4', '<f4')}
+        a, b, c = np.loadtxt(txt, dtype=dt, unpack=True)
+        assert_(a.dtype.str == '|S1')
+        assert_(b.dtype.str == '<i4')
+        assert_(c.dtype.str == '<f4')
+        assert_array_equal(a, np.array([b'M', b'F']))
+        assert_array_equal(b, np.array([21, 35]))
+        assert_array_equal(c, np.array([72.,  58.]))
+
+    def test_ndmin_keyword(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1,2,3\n4,5,6')
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.loadtxt, c, ndmin=3)
+        c.seek(0)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.loadtxt, c, ndmin=1.5)
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',', ndmin=1)
+        a = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]])
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+        d = TextIO()
+        d.write('0,1,2')
+        d.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(d, dtype=int, delimiter=',', ndmin=2)
+        assert_(x.shape == (1, 3))
+        d.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(d, dtype=int, delimiter=',', ndmin=1)
+        assert_(x.shape == (3,))
+        d.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(d, dtype=int, delimiter=',', ndmin=0)
+        assert_(x.shape == (3,))
+
+        e = TextIO()
+        e.write('0\n1\n2')
+        e.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(e, dtype=int, delimiter=',', ndmin=2)
+        assert_(x.shape == (3, 1))
+        e.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(e, dtype=int, delimiter=',', ndmin=1)
+        assert_(x.shape == (3,))
+        e.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(e, dtype=int, delimiter=',', ndmin=0)
+        assert_(x.shape == (3,))
+
+        # Test ndmin kw with empty file.
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="input contained no data"):
+            f = TextIO()
+            assert_(np.loadtxt(f, ndmin=2).shape == (0, 1,))
+            assert_(np.loadtxt(f, ndmin=1).shape == (0,))
+
+    def test_generator_source(self):
+        def count():
+            for i in range(10):
+                yield "%d" % i
+
+        res = np.loadtxt(count())
+        assert_array_equal(res, np.arange(10))
+
+    def test_bad_line(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1 2 3\n4 5 6\n2 3')
+        c.seek(0)
+
+        # Check for exception and that exception contains line number
+        assert_raises_regex(ValueError, "3", np.loadtxt, c)
+
+    def test_none_as_string(self):
+        # gh-5155, None should work as string when format demands it
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('100,foo,200\n300,None,400')
+        c.seek(0)
+        dt = np.dtype([('x', int), ('a', 'S10'), ('y', int)])
+        np.loadtxt(c, delimiter=',', dtype=dt, comments=None)  # Should succeed
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(locale.getpreferredencoding() == 'ANSI_X3.4-1968',
+                        reason="Wrong preferred encoding")
+    def test_binary_load(self):
+        butf8 = b"5,6,7,\xc3\x95scarscar\r\n15,2,3,hello\r\n"\
+                b"20,2,3,\xc3\x95scar\r\n"
+        sutf8 = butf8.decode("UTF-8").replace("\r", "").splitlines()
+        with temppath() as path:
+            with open(path, "wb") as f:
+                f.write(butf8)
+            with open(path, "rb") as f:
+                x = np.loadtxt(f, encoding="UTF-8", dtype=np.str_)
+            assert_array_equal(x, sutf8)
+            # test broken latin1 conversion people now rely on
+            with open(path, "rb") as f:
+                x = np.loadtxt(f, encoding="UTF-8", dtype="S")
+            x = [b'5,6,7,\xc3\x95scarscar', b'15,2,3,hello', b'20,2,3,\xc3\x95scar']
+            assert_array_equal(x, np.array(x, dtype="S"))
+
+    def test_max_rows(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1,2,3,5\n4,5,7,8\n2,1,4,5')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       max_rows=1)
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_max_rows_with_skiprows(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('comments\n1,2,3,5\n4,5,7,8\n2,1,4,5')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       skiprows=1, max_rows=1)
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('comment\n1,2,3,5\n4,5,7,8\n2,1,4,5')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       skiprows=1, max_rows=2)
+        a = np.array([[1, 2, 3, 5], [4, 5, 7, 8]], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_max_rows_with_read_continuation(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1,2,3,5\n4,5,7,8\n2,1,4,5')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       max_rows=2)
+        a = np.array([[1, 2, 3, 5], [4, 5, 7, 8]], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+        # test continuation
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',')
+        a = np.array([2, 1, 4, 5], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_max_rows_larger(self):
+        #test max_rows > num rows
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('comment\n1,2,3,5\n4,5,7,8\n2,1,4,5')
+        c.seek(0)
+        x = np.loadtxt(c, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                       skiprows=1, max_rows=6)
+        a = np.array([[1, 2, 3, 5], [4, 5, 7, 8], [2, 1, 4, 5]], int)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(["skip", "data"], [
+            (1, ["ignored\n", "1,2\n", "\n", "3,4\n"]),
+            # "Bad" lines that do not end in newlines:
+            (1, ["ignored", "1,2", "", "3,4"]),
+            (1, lambda: StringIO("ignored\n1,2\n\n3,4")),
+            # Same as above, but do not skip any lines:
+            (0, ["-1,0\n", "1,2\n", "\n", "3,4\n"]),
+            (0, ["-1,0", "1,2", "", "3,4"]),
+            (0, lambda: StringIO("-1,0\n1,2\n\n3,4"))])
+    def test_max_rows_empty_lines(self, skip, data):
+        # gh-26718 re-instantiate StringIO objects each time
+        if callable(data):
+            data = data()
+
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning,
+                    match=f"Input line 3.*max_rows={3 - skip}"):
+            res = np.loadtxt(data, dtype=int, skiprows=skip, delimiter=",",
+                             max_rows=3 - skip)
+            assert_array_equal(res, [[-1, 0], [1, 2], [3, 4]][skip:])
+
+        if isinstance(data, StringIO):
+            data.seek(0)
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("error", UserWarning)
+            with pytest.raises(UserWarning):
+                np.loadtxt(data, dtype=int, skiprows=skip, delimiter=",",
+                           max_rows=3 - skip)
+
+class Testfromregex:
+    def test_record(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1.312 foo\n1.534 bar\n4.444 qux')
+        c.seek(0)
+
+        dt = [('num', np.float64), ('val', 'S3')]
+        x = np.fromregex(c, r"([0-9.]+)\s+(...)", dt)
+        a = np.array([(1.312, 'foo'), (1.534, 'bar'), (4.444, 'qux')],
+                     dtype=dt)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_record_2(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1312 foo\n1534 bar\n4444 qux')
+        c.seek(0)
+
+        dt = [('num', np.int32), ('val', 'S3')]
+        x = np.fromregex(c, r"(\d+)\s+(...)", dt)
+        a = np.array([(1312, 'foo'), (1534, 'bar'), (4444, 'qux')],
+                     dtype=dt)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_record_3(self):
+        c = TextIO()
+        c.write('1312 foo\n1534 bar\n4444 qux')
+        c.seek(0)
+
+        dt = [('num', np.float64)]
+        x = np.fromregex(c, r"(\d+)\s+...", dt)
+        a = np.array([(1312,), (1534,), (4444,)], dtype=dt)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("path_type", [str, Path])
+    def test_record_unicode(self, path_type):
+        utf8 = b'\xcf\x96'
+        with temppath() as str_path:
+            path = path_type(str_path)
+            with open(path, 'wb') as f:
+                f.write(b'1.312 foo' + utf8 + b' \n1.534 bar\n4.444 qux')
+
+            dt = [('num', np.float64), ('val', 'U4')]
+            x = np.fromregex(path, r"(?u)([0-9.]+)\s+(\w+)", dt, encoding='UTF-8')
+            a = np.array([(1.312, 'foo' + utf8.decode('UTF-8')), (1.534, 'bar'),
+                           (4.444, 'qux')], dtype=dt)
+            assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+            regexp = re.compile(r"([0-9.]+)\s+(\w+)", re.UNICODE)
+            x = np.fromregex(path, regexp, dt, encoding='UTF-8')
+            assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_compiled_bytes(self):
+        regexp = re.compile(br'(\d)')
+        c = BytesIO(b'123')
+        dt = [('num', np.float64)]
+        a = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=dt)
+        x = np.fromregex(c, regexp, dt)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_bad_dtype_not_structured(self):
+        regexp = re.compile(br'(\d)')
+        c = BytesIO(b'123')
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match='structured datatype'):
+            np.fromregex(c, regexp, dtype=np.float64)
+
+
+#####--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestFromTxt(LoadTxtBase):
+    loadfunc = staticmethod(np.genfromtxt)
+
+    def test_record(self):
+        # Test w/ explicit dtype
+        data = TextIO('1 2\n3 4')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=[('x', np.int32), ('y', np.int32)])
+        control = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], dtype=[('x', 'i4'), ('y', 'i4')])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        data = TextIO('M 64.0 75.0\nF 25.0 60.0')
+        descriptor = {'names': ('gender', 'age', 'weight'),
+                      'formats': ('S1', 'i4', 'f4')}
+        control = np.array([('M', 64.0, 75.0), ('F', 25.0, 60.0)],
+                           dtype=descriptor)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=descriptor)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_array(self):
+        # Test outputting a standard ndarray
+        data = TextIO('1 2\n3 4')
+        control = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], dtype=int)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=int)
+        assert_array_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        data.seek(0)
+        control = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], dtype=float)
+        test = np.loadtxt(data, dtype=float)
+        assert_array_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_1D(self):
+        # Test squeezing to 1D
+        control = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], int)
+        #
+        data = TextIO('1\n2\n3\n4\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=int)
+        assert_array_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        data = TextIO('1,2,3,4\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=int, delimiter=',')
+        assert_array_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_comments(self):
+        # Test the stripping of comments
+        control = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        # Comment on its own line
+        data = TextIO('# comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=int, delimiter=',', comments='#')
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        # Comment at the end of a line
+        data = TextIO('1,2,3,5# comment\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=int, delimiter=',', comments='#')
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_skiprows(self):
+        # Test row skipping
+        control = np.array([1, 2, 3, 5], int)
+        kwargs = {"dtype": int, "delimiter": ','}
+        #
+        data = TextIO('comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, skip_header=1, **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        data = TextIO('# comment\n1,2,3,5\n')
+        test = np.loadtxt(data, skiprows=1, **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_skip_footer(self):
+        data = [f"# {i}" for i in range(1, 6)]
+        data.append("A, B, C")
+        data.extend([f"{i},{i:3.1f},{i:03d}" for i in range(51)])
+        data[-1] = "99,99"
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "names": True, "skip_header": 5, "skip_footer": 10}
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO("\n".join(data)), **kwargs)
+        ctrl = np.array([(f"{i:f}", f"{i:f}", f"{i:f}") for i in range(41)],
+                        dtype=[(_, float) for _ in "ABC"])
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_skip_footer_with_invalid(self):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter('ignore', ConversionWarning)
+            basestr = '1 1\n2 2\n3 3\n4 4\n5  \n6  \n7  \n'
+            # Footer too small to get rid of all invalid values
+            assert_raises(ValueError, np.genfromtxt,
+                          TextIO(basestr), skip_footer=1)
+    #        except ValueError:
+    #            pass
+            a = np.genfromtxt(
+                TextIO(basestr), skip_footer=1, invalid_raise=False)
+            assert_equal(a, np.array([[1., 1.], [2., 2.], [3., 3.], [4., 4.]]))
+            #
+            a = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(basestr), skip_footer=3)
+            assert_equal(a, np.array([[1., 1.], [2., 2.], [3., 3.], [4., 4.]]))
+            #
+            basestr = '1 1\n2  \n3 3\n4 4\n5  \n6 6\n7 7\n'
+            a = np.genfromtxt(
+                TextIO(basestr), skip_footer=1, invalid_raise=False)
+            assert_equal(a, np.array([[1., 1.], [3., 3.], [4., 4.], [6., 6.]]))
+            a = np.genfromtxt(
+                TextIO(basestr), skip_footer=3, invalid_raise=False)
+            assert_equal(a, np.array([[1., 1.], [3., 3.], [4., 4.]]))
+
+    def test_header(self):
+        # Test retrieving a header
+        data = TextIO('gender age weight\nM 64.0 75.0\nF 25.0 60.0')
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=None, names=True,
+                                 encoding='bytes')
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        control = {'gender': np.array([b'M', b'F']),
+                   'age': np.array([64.0, 25.0]),
+                   'weight': np.array([75.0, 60.0])}
+        assert_equal(test['gender'], control['gender'])
+        assert_equal(test['age'], control['age'])
+        assert_equal(test['weight'], control['weight'])
+
+    def test_auto_dtype(self):
+        # Test the automatic definition of the output dtype
+        data = TextIO('A 64 75.0 3+4j True\nBCD 25 60.0 5+6j False')
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=None, encoding='bytes')
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        control = [np.array([b'A', b'BCD']),
+                   np.array([64, 25]),
+                   np.array([75.0, 60.0]),
+                   np.array([3 + 4j, 5 + 6j]),
+                   np.array([True, False]), ]
+        assert_equal(test.dtype.names, ['f0', 'f1', 'f2', 'f3', 'f4'])
+        for (i, ctrl) in enumerate(control):
+            assert_equal(test[f'f{i}'], ctrl)
+
+    def test_auto_dtype_uniform(self):
+        # Tests whether the output dtype can be uniformized
+        data = TextIO('1 2 3 4\n5 6 7 8\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=None)
+        control = np.array([[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_fancy_dtype(self):
+        # Check that a nested dtype isn't MIA
+        data = TextIO('1,2,3.0\n4,5,6.0\n')
+        fancydtype = np.dtype([('x', int), ('y', [('t', int), ('s', float)])])
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=fancydtype, delimiter=',')
+        control = np.array([(1, (2, 3.0)), (4, (5, 6.0))], dtype=fancydtype)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_names_overwrite(self):
+        # Test overwriting the names of the dtype
+        descriptor = {'names': ('g', 'a', 'w'),
+                      'formats': ('S1', 'i4', 'f4')}
+        data = TextIO(b'M 64.0 75.0\nF 25.0 60.0')
+        names = ('gender', 'age', 'weight')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=descriptor, names=names)
+        descriptor['names'] = names
+        control = np.array([('M', 64.0, 75.0),
+                            ('F', 25.0, 60.0)], dtype=descriptor)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_bad_fname(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match='fname must be a string,'):
+            np.genfromtxt(123)
+
+    def test_commented_header(self):
+        # Check that names can be retrieved even if the line is commented out.
+        data = TextIO("""
+#gender age weight
+M   21  72.100000
+F   35  58.330000
+M   33  21.99
+        """)
+        # The # is part of the first name and should be deleted automatically.
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(data, names=True, dtype=None,
+                                 encoding="bytes")
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        ctrl = np.array([('M', 21, 72.1), ('F', 35, 58.33), ('M', 33, 21.99)],
+                        dtype=[('gender', '|S1'), ('age', int), ('weight', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        # Ditto, but we should get rid of the first element
+        data = TextIO(b"""
+# gender age weight
+M   21  72.100000
+F   35  58.330000
+M   33  21.99
+        """)
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(data, names=True, dtype=None,
+                                 encoding="bytes")
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_names_and_comments_none(self):
+        # Tests case when names is true but comments is None (gh-10780)
+        data = TextIO('col1 col2\n 1 2\n 3 4')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=(int, int), comments=None, names=True)
+        control = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)], dtype=[('col1', int), ('col2', int)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_file_is_closed_on_error(self):
+        # gh-13200
+        with tempdir() as tmpdir:
+            fpath = os.path.join(tmpdir, "test.csv")
+            with open(fpath, "wb") as f:
+                f.write('\N{GREEK PI SYMBOL}'.encode())
+
+            # ResourceWarnings are emitted from a destructor, so won't be
+            # detected by regular propagation to errors.
+            with assert_no_warnings():
+                with pytest.raises(UnicodeDecodeError):
+                    np.genfromtxt(fpath, encoding="ascii")
+
+    def test_autonames_and_usecols(self):
+        # Tests names and usecols
+        data = TextIO('A B C D\n aaaa 121 45 9.1')
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(data, usecols=('A', 'C', 'D'),
+                                names=True, dtype=None, encoding="bytes")
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        control = np.array(('aaaa', 45, 9.1),
+                           dtype=[('A', '|S4'), ('C', int), ('D', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_converters_with_usecols(self):
+        # Test the combination user-defined converters and usecol
+        data = TextIO('1,2,3,,5\n6,7,8,9,10\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                            converters={3: lambda s: int(s or - 999)},
+                            usecols=(1, 3,))
+        control = np.array([[2, -999], [7, 9]], int)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_converters_with_usecols_and_names(self):
+        # Tests names and usecols
+        data = TextIO('A B C D\n aaaa 121 45 9.1')
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(data, usecols=('A', 'C', 'D'), names=True,
+                                dtype=None, encoding="bytes",
+                                converters={'C': lambda s: 2 * int(s)})
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        control = np.array(('aaaa', 90, 9.1),
+                           dtype=[('A', '|S4'), ('C', int), ('D', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_converters_cornercases(self):
+        # Test the conversion to datetime.
+        converter = {
+            'date': lambda s: strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%SZ')}
+        data = TextIO('2009-02-03 12:00:00Z, 72214.0')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, delimiter=',', dtype=None,
+                            names=['date', 'stid'], converters=converter)
+        control = np.array((datetime(2009, 2, 3), 72214.),
+                           dtype=[('date', np.object_), ('stid', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_converters_cornercases2(self):
+        # Test the conversion to datetime64.
+        converter = {
+            'date': lambda s: np.datetime64(strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%SZ'))}
+        data = TextIO('2009-02-03 12:00:00Z, 72214.0')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, delimiter=',', dtype=None,
+                            names=['date', 'stid'], converters=converter)
+        control = np.array((datetime(2009, 2, 3), 72214.),
+                           dtype=[('date', 'datetime64[us]'), ('stid', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_unused_converter(self):
+        # Test whether unused converters are forgotten
+        data = TextIO("1 21\n  3 42\n")
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, usecols=(1,),
+                            converters={0: lambda s: int(s, 16)})
+        assert_equal(test, [21, 42])
+        #
+        data.seek(0)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, usecols=(1,),
+                            converters={1: lambda s: int(s, 16)})
+        assert_equal(test, [33, 66])
+
+    def test_invalid_converter(self):
+        strip_rand = lambda x: float((b'r' in x.lower() and x.split()[-1]) or
+                                     ((b'r' not in x.lower() and x.strip()) or 0.0))
+        strip_per = lambda x: float((b'%' in x.lower() and x.split()[0]) or
+                                    ((b'%' not in x.lower() and x.strip()) or 0.0))
+        s = TextIO("D01N01,10/1/2003 ,1 %,R 75,400,600\r\n"
+                   "L24U05,12/5/2003, 2 %,1,300, 150.5\r\n"
+                   "D02N03,10/10/2004,R 1,,7,145.55")
+        kwargs = {
+            "converters": {2: strip_per, 3: strip_rand}, "delimiter": ",",
+            "dtype": None, "encoding": "bytes"}
+        assert_raises(ConverterError, np.genfromtxt, s, **kwargs)
+
+    def test_tricky_converter_bug1666(self):
+        # Test some corner cases
+        s = TextIO('q1,2\nq3,4')
+        cnv = lambda s: float(s[1:])
+        test = np.genfromtxt(s, delimiter=',', converters={0: cnv})
+        control = np.array([[1., 2.], [3., 4.]])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_dtype_with_converters(self):
+        dstr = "2009; 23; 46"
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(dstr,),
+                            delimiter=";", dtype=float, converters={0: bytes})
+        control = np.array([('2009', 23., 46)],
+                           dtype=[('f0', '|S4'), ('f1', float), ('f2', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(dstr,),
+                            delimiter=";", dtype=float, converters={0: float})
+        control = np.array([2009., 23., 46],)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*recfromcsv.*:DeprecationWarning")
+    def test_dtype_with_converters_and_usecols(self):
+        dstr = "1,5,-1,1:1\n2,8,-1,1:n\n3,3,-2,m:n\n"
+        dmap = {'1:1': 0, '1:n': 1, 'm:1': 2, 'm:n': 3}
+        dtyp = [('e1', 'i4'), ('e2', 'i4'), ('e3', 'i2'), ('n', 'i1')]
+        conv = {0: int, 1: int, 2: int, 3: lambda r: dmap[r.decode()]}
+        test = recfromcsv(TextIO(dstr,), dtype=dtyp, delimiter=',',
+                          names=None, converters=conv, encoding="bytes")
+        control = np.rec.array([(1, 5, -1, 0), (2, 8, -1, 1), (3, 3, -2, 3)],
+                               dtype=dtyp)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        dtyp = [('e1', 'i4'), ('e2', 'i4'), ('n', 'i1')]
+        test = recfromcsv(TextIO(dstr,), dtype=dtyp, delimiter=',',
+                          usecols=(0, 1, 3), names=None, converters=conv,
+                          encoding="bytes")
+        control = np.rec.array([(1, 5, 0), (2, 8, 1), (3, 3, 3)], dtype=dtyp)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_dtype_with_object(self):
+        # Test using an explicit dtype with an object
+        data = """ 1; 2001-01-01
+                   2; 2002-01-31 """
+        ndtype = [('idx', int), ('code', object)]
+        func = lambda s: strptime(s.strip(), "%Y-%m-%d")
+        converters = {1: func}
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), delimiter=";", dtype=ndtype,
+                             converters=converters)
+        control = np.array(
+            [(1, datetime(2001, 1, 1)), (2, datetime(2002, 1, 31))],
+            dtype=ndtype)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+        ndtype = [('nest', [('idx', int), ('code', object)])]
+        with assert_raises_regex(NotImplementedError,
+                                 'Nested fields.* not supported.*'):
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), delimiter=";",
+                                 dtype=ndtype, converters=converters)
+
+        # nested but empty fields also aren't supported
+        ndtype = [('idx', int), ('code', object), ('nest', [])]
+        with assert_raises_regex(NotImplementedError,
+                                 'Nested fields.* not supported.*'):
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), delimiter=";",
+                                 dtype=ndtype, converters=converters)
+
+    def test_dtype_with_object_no_converter(self):
+        # Object without a converter uses bytes:
+        parsed = np.genfromtxt(TextIO("1"), dtype=object)
+        assert parsed[()] == b"1"
+        parsed = np.genfromtxt(TextIO("string"), dtype=object)
+        assert parsed[()] == b"string"
+
+    def test_userconverters_with_explicit_dtype(self):
+        # Test user_converters w/ explicit (standard) dtype
+        data = TextIO('skip,skip,2001-01-01,1.0,skip')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, delimiter=",", names=None, dtype=float,
+                             usecols=(2, 3), converters={2: bytes})
+        control = np.array([('2001-01-01', 1.)],
+                           dtype=[('', '|S10'), ('', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_utf8_userconverters_with_explicit_dtype(self):
+        utf8 = b'\xcf\x96'
+        with temppath() as path:
+            with open(path, 'wb') as f:
+                f.write(b'skip,skip,2001-01-01' + utf8 + b',1.0,skip')
+            test = np.genfromtxt(path, delimiter=",", names=None, dtype=float,
+                                 usecols=(2, 3), converters={2: str},
+                                 encoding='UTF-8')
+        control = np.array([('2001-01-01' + utf8.decode('UTF-8'), 1.)],
+                           dtype=[('', '|U11'), ('', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_spacedelimiter(self):
+        # Test space delimiter
+        data = TextIO("1  2  3  4   5\n6  7  8  9  10")
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data)
+        control = np.array([[1., 2., 3., 4., 5.],
+                            [6., 7., 8., 9., 10.]])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_integer_delimiter(self):
+        # Test using an integer for delimiter
+        data = "  1  2  3\n  4  5 67\n890123  4"
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), delimiter=3)
+        control = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 67], [890, 123, 4]])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_missing(self):
+        data = TextIO('1,2,3,,5\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=int, delimiter=',',
+                            converters={3: lambda s: int(s or - 999)})
+        control = np.array([1, 2, 3, -999, 5], int)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_missing_with_tabs(self):
+        # Test w/ a delimiter tab
+        txt = "1\t2\t3\n\t2\t\n1\t\t3"
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(txt), delimiter="\t",
+                             usemask=True,)
+        ctrl_d = np.array([(1, 2, 3), (np.nan, 2, np.nan), (1, np.nan, 3)],)
+        ctrl_m = np.array([(0, 0, 0), (1, 0, 1), (0, 1, 0)], dtype=bool)
+        assert_equal(test.data, ctrl_d)
+        assert_equal(test.mask, ctrl_m)
+
+    def test_usecols(self):
+        # Test the selection of columns
+        # Select 1 column
+        control = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], float)
+        data = TextIO()
+        np.savetxt(data, control)
+        data.seek(0)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=float, usecols=(1,))
+        assert_equal(test, control[:, 1])
+        #
+        control = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5]], float)
+        data = TextIO()
+        np.savetxt(data, control)
+        data.seek(0)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=float, usecols=(1, 2))
+        assert_equal(test, control[:, 1:])
+        # Testing with arrays instead of tuples.
+        data.seek(0)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=float, usecols=np.array([1, 2]))
+        assert_equal(test, control[:, 1:])
+
+    def test_usecols_as_css(self):
+        # Test giving usecols with a comma-separated string
+        data = "1 2 3\n4 5 6"
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             names="a, b, c", usecols="a, c")
+        ctrl = np.array([(1, 3), (4, 6)], dtype=[(_, float) for _ in "ac"])
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_usecols_with_structured_dtype(self):
+        # Test usecols with an explicit structured dtype
+        data = TextIO("JOE 70.1 25.3\nBOB 60.5 27.9")
+        names = ['stid', 'temp']
+        dtypes = ['S4', 'f8']
+        test = np.genfromtxt(
+            data, usecols=(0, 2), dtype=list(zip(names, dtypes)))
+        assert_equal(test['stid'], [b"JOE", b"BOB"])
+        assert_equal(test['temp'], [25.3, 27.9])
+
+    def test_usecols_with_integer(self):
+        # Test usecols with an integer
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(b"1 2 3\n4 5 6"), usecols=0)
+        assert_equal(test, np.array([1., 4.]))
+
+    def test_usecols_with_named_columns(self):
+        # Test usecols with named columns
+        ctrl = np.array([(1, 3), (4, 6)], dtype=[('a', float), ('c', float)])
+        data = "1 2 3\n4 5 6"
+        kwargs = {"names": "a, b, c"}
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), usecols=(0, -1), **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             usecols=('a', 'c'), **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_empty_file(self):
+        # Test that an empty file raises the proper warning.
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', message="genfromtxt: Empty input file:")
+            data = TextIO()
+            test = np.genfromtxt(data)
+            assert_equal(test, np.array([]))
+
+            # when skip_header > 0
+            test = np.genfromtxt(data, skip_header=1)
+            assert_equal(test, np.array([]))
+
+    def test_fancy_dtype_alt(self):
+        # Check that a nested dtype isn't MIA
+        data = TextIO('1,2,3.0\n4,5,6.0\n')
+        fancydtype = np.dtype([('x', int), ('y', [('t', int), ('s', float)])])
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=fancydtype, delimiter=',', usemask=True)
+        control = ma.array([(1, (2, 3.0)), (4, (5, 6.0))], dtype=fancydtype)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_shaped_dtype(self):
+        c = TextIO("aaaa  1.0  8.0  1 2 3 4 5 6")
+        dt = np.dtype([('name', 'S4'), ('x', float), ('y', float),
+                       ('block', int, (2, 3))])
+        x = np.genfromtxt(c, dtype=dt)
+        a = np.array([('aaaa', 1.0, 8.0, [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]])],
+                     dtype=dt)
+        assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_withmissing(self):
+        data = TextIO('A,B\n0,1\n2,N/A')
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "missing_values": "N/A", "names": True}
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=None, usemask=True, **kwargs)
+        control = ma.array([(0, 1), (2, -1)],
+                           mask=[(False, False), (False, True)],
+                           dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        assert_equal(test.mask, control.mask)
+        #
+        data.seek(0)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, usemask=True, **kwargs)
+        control = ma.array([(0, 1), (2, -1)],
+                           mask=[(False, False), (False, True)],
+                           dtype=[('A', float), ('B', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        assert_equal(test.mask, control.mask)
+
+    def test_user_missing_values(self):
+        data = "A, B, C\n0, 0., 0j\n1, N/A, 1j\n-9, 2.2, N/A\n3, -99, 3j"
+        basekwargs = {"dtype": None, "delimiter": ",", "names": True}
+        mdtype = [('A', int), ('B', float), ('C', complex)]
+        #
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), missing_values="N/A",
+                            **basekwargs)
+        control = ma.array([(0, 0.0, 0j), (1, -999, 1j),
+                            (-9, 2.2, -999j), (3, -99, 3j)],
+                           mask=[(0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1), (0, 0, 0)],
+                           dtype=mdtype)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        basekwargs['dtype'] = mdtype
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             missing_values={0: -9, 1: -99, 2: -999j},
+                             usemask=True, **basekwargs)
+        control = ma.array([(0, 0.0, 0j), (1, -999, 1j),
+                            (-9, 2.2, -999j), (3, -99, 3j)],
+                           mask=[(0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (1, 0, 1), (0, 1, 0)],
+                           dtype=mdtype)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                            missing_values={0: -9, 'B': -99, 'C': -999j},
+                            usemask=True,
+                            **basekwargs)
+        control = ma.array([(0, 0.0, 0j), (1, -999, 1j),
+                            (-9, 2.2, -999j), (3, -99, 3j)],
+                           mask=[(0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (1, 0, 1), (0, 1, 0)],
+                           dtype=mdtype)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_user_filling_values(self):
+        # Test with missing and filling values
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 3), (4, -999)], dtype=[('a', int), ('b', int)])
+        data = "N/A, 2, 3\n4, ,???"
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",",
+                      "dtype": int,
+                      "names": "a,b,c",
+                      "missing_values": {0: "N/A", 'b': " ", 2: "???"},
+                      "filling_values": {0: 0, 'b': 0, 2: -999}}
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), **kwargs)
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 2, 3), (4, 0, -999)],
+                        dtype=[(_, int) for _ in "abc"])
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        #
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), usecols=(0, -1), **kwargs)
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 3), (4, -999)], dtype=[(_, int) for _ in "ac"])
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+        data2 = "1,2,*,4\n5,*,7,8\n"
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data2), delimiter=',', dtype=int,
+                             missing_values="*", filling_values=0)
+        ctrl = np.array([[1, 2, 0, 4], [5, 0, 7, 8]])
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data2), delimiter=',', dtype=int,
+                             missing_values="*", filling_values=-1)
+        ctrl = np.array([[1, 2, -1, 4], [5, -1, 7, 8]])
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_withmissing_float(self):
+        data = TextIO('A,B\n0,1.5\n2,-999.00')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=None, delimiter=',',
+                            missing_values='-999.0', names=True, usemask=True)
+        control = ma.array([(0, 1.5), (2, -1.)],
+                           mask=[(False, False), (False, True)],
+                           dtype=[('A', int), ('B', float)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        assert_equal(test.mask, control.mask)
+
+    def test_with_masked_column_uniform(self):
+        # Test masked column
+        data = TextIO('1 2 3\n4 5 6\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=None,
+                             missing_values='2,5', usemask=True)
+        control = ma.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]], mask=[[0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0]])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_with_masked_column_various(self):
+        # Test masked column
+        data = TextIO('True 2 3\nFalse 5 6\n')
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=None,
+                             missing_values='2,5', usemask=True)
+        control = ma.array([(1, 2, 3), (0, 5, 6)],
+                           mask=[(0, 1, 0), (0, 1, 0)],
+                           dtype=[('f0', bool), ('f1', bool), ('f2', int)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_invalid_raise(self):
+        # Test invalid raise
+        data = ["1, 1, 1, 1, 1"] * 50
+        for i in range(5):
+            data[10 * i] = "2, 2, 2, 2 2"
+        data.insert(0, "a, b, c, d, e")
+        mdata = TextIO("\n".join(data))
+
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "dtype": None, "names": True}
+
+        def f():
+            return np.genfromtxt(mdata, invalid_raise=False, **kwargs)
+        mtest = pytest.warns(ConversionWarning, f)
+        assert_equal(len(mtest), 45)
+        assert_equal(mtest, np.ones(45, dtype=[(_, int) for _ in 'abcde']))
+        #
+        mdata.seek(0)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.genfromtxt, mdata,
+                      delimiter=",", names=True)
+
+    def test_invalid_raise_with_usecols(self):
+        # Test invalid_raise with usecols
+        data = ["1, 1, 1, 1, 1"] * 50
+        for i in range(5):
+            data[10 * i] = "2, 2, 2, 2 2"
+        data.insert(0, "a, b, c, d, e")
+        mdata = TextIO("\n".join(data))
+
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "dtype": None, "names": True,
+                      "invalid_raise": False}
+
+        def f():
+            return np.genfromtxt(mdata, usecols=(0, 4), **kwargs)
+        mtest = pytest.warns(ConversionWarning, f)
+        assert_equal(len(mtest), 45)
+        assert_equal(mtest, np.ones(45, dtype=[(_, int) for _ in 'ae']))
+        #
+        mdata.seek(0)
+        mtest = np.genfromtxt(mdata, usecols=(0, 1), **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(len(mtest), 50)
+        control = np.ones(50, dtype=[(_, int) for _ in 'ab'])
+        control[[10 * _ for _ in range(5)]] = (2, 2)
+        assert_equal(mtest, control)
+
+    def test_inconsistent_dtype(self):
+        # Test inconsistent dtype
+        data = ["1, 1, 1, 1, -1.1"] * 50
+        mdata = TextIO("\n".join(data))
+
+        converters = {4: lambda x: f"({x.decode()})"}
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "converters": converters,
+                      "dtype": [(_, int) for _ in 'abcde'], "encoding": "bytes"}
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.genfromtxt, mdata, **kwargs)
+
+    def test_default_field_format(self):
+        # Test default format
+        data = "0, 1, 2.3\n4, 5, 6.7"
+        mtest = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             delimiter=",", dtype=None, defaultfmt="f%02i")
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 1, 2.3), (4, 5, 6.7)],
+                        dtype=[("f00", int), ("f01", int), ("f02", float)])
+        assert_equal(mtest, ctrl)
+
+    def test_single_dtype_wo_names(self):
+        # Test single dtype w/o names
+        data = "0, 1, 2.3\n4, 5, 6.7"
+        mtest = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             delimiter=",", dtype=float, defaultfmt="f%02i")
+        ctrl = np.array([[0., 1., 2.3], [4., 5., 6.7]], dtype=float)
+        assert_equal(mtest, ctrl)
+
+    def test_single_dtype_w_explicit_names(self):
+        # Test single dtype w explicit names
+        data = "0, 1, 2.3\n4, 5, 6.7"
+        mtest = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             delimiter=",", dtype=float, names="a, b, c")
+        ctrl = np.array([(0., 1., 2.3), (4., 5., 6.7)],
+                        dtype=[(_, float) for _ in "abc"])
+        assert_equal(mtest, ctrl)
+
+    def test_single_dtype_w_implicit_names(self):
+        # Test single dtype w implicit names
+        data = "a, b, c\n0, 1, 2.3\n4, 5, 6.7"
+        mtest = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             delimiter=",", dtype=float, names=True)
+        ctrl = np.array([(0., 1., 2.3), (4., 5., 6.7)],
+                        dtype=[(_, float) for _ in "abc"])
+        assert_equal(mtest, ctrl)
+
+    def test_easy_structured_dtype(self):
+        # Test easy structured dtype
+        data = "0, 1, 2.3\n4, 5, 6.7"
+        mtest = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), delimiter=",",
+                             dtype=(int, float, float), defaultfmt="f_%02i")
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 1., 2.3), (4, 5., 6.7)],
+                        dtype=[("f_00", int), ("f_01", float), ("f_02", float)])
+        assert_equal(mtest, ctrl)
+
+    def test_autostrip(self):
+        # Test autostrip
+        data = "01/01/2003  , 1.3,   abcde"
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "dtype": None, "encoding": "bytes"}
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            mtest = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), **kwargs)
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        ctrl = np.array([('01/01/2003  ', 1.3, '   abcde')],
+                        dtype=[('f0', '|S12'), ('f1', float), ('f2', '|S8')])
+        assert_equal(mtest, ctrl)
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            mtest = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), autostrip=True, **kwargs)
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        ctrl = np.array([('01/01/2003', 1.3, 'abcde')],
+                        dtype=[('f0', '|S10'), ('f1', float), ('f2', '|S5')])
+        assert_equal(mtest, ctrl)
+
+    def test_replace_space(self):
+        # Test the 'replace_space' option
+        txt = "A.A, B (B), C:C\n1, 2, 3.14"
+        # Test default: replace ' ' by '_' and delete non-alphanum chars
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(txt),
+                             delimiter=",", names=True, dtype=None)
+        ctrl_dtype = [("AA", int), ("B_B", int), ("CC", float)]
+        ctrl = np.array((1, 2, 3.14), dtype=ctrl_dtype)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        # Test: no replace, no delete
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(txt),
+                             delimiter=",", names=True, dtype=None,
+                             replace_space='', deletechars='')
+        ctrl_dtype = [("A.A", int), ("B (B)", int), ("C:C", float)]
+        ctrl = np.array((1, 2, 3.14), dtype=ctrl_dtype)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        # Test: no delete (spaces are replaced by _)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(txt),
+                             delimiter=",", names=True, dtype=None,
+                             deletechars='')
+        ctrl_dtype = [("A.A", int), ("B_(B)", int), ("C:C", float)]
+        ctrl = np.array((1, 2, 3.14), dtype=ctrl_dtype)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_replace_space_known_dtype(self):
+        # Test the 'replace_space' (and related) options when dtype != None
+        txt = "A.A, B (B), C:C\n1, 2, 3"
+        # Test default: replace ' ' by '_' and delete non-alphanum chars
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(txt),
+                             delimiter=",", names=True, dtype=int)
+        ctrl_dtype = [("AA", int), ("B_B", int), ("CC", int)]
+        ctrl = np.array((1, 2, 3), dtype=ctrl_dtype)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        # Test: no replace, no delete
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(txt),
+                             delimiter=",", names=True, dtype=int,
+                             replace_space='', deletechars='')
+        ctrl_dtype = [("A.A", int), ("B (B)", int), ("C:C", int)]
+        ctrl = np.array((1, 2, 3), dtype=ctrl_dtype)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        # Test: no delete (spaces are replaced by _)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(txt),
+                             delimiter=",", names=True, dtype=int,
+                             deletechars='')
+        ctrl_dtype = [("A.A", int), ("B_(B)", int), ("C:C", int)]
+        ctrl = np.array((1, 2, 3), dtype=ctrl_dtype)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_incomplete_names(self):
+        # Test w/ incomplete names
+        data = "A,,C\n0,1,2\n3,4,5"
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "names": True}
+        # w/ dtype=None
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 1, 2), (3, 4, 5)],
+                        dtype=[(_, int) for _ in ('A', 'f0', 'C')])
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), dtype=None, **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        # w/ default dtype
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 1, 2), (3, 4, 5)],
+                        dtype=[(_, float) for _ in ('A', 'f0', 'C')])
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), **kwargs)
+
+    def test_names_auto_completion(self):
+        # Make sure that names are properly completed
+        data = "1 2 3\n 4 5 6"
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             dtype=(int, float, int), names="a")
+        ctrl = np.array([(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6)],
+                        dtype=[('a', int), ('f0', float), ('f1', int)])
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_names_with_usecols_bug1636(self):
+        # Make sure we pick up the right names w/ usecols
+        data = "A,B,C,D,E\n0,1,2,3,4\n0,1,2,3,4\n0,1,2,3,4"
+        ctrl_names = ("A", "C", "E")
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             dtype=(int, int, int), delimiter=",",
+                             usecols=(0, 2, 4), names=True)
+        assert_equal(test.dtype.names, ctrl_names)
+        #
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             dtype=(int, int, int), delimiter=",",
+                             usecols=("A", "C", "E"), names=True)
+        assert_equal(test.dtype.names, ctrl_names)
+        #
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data),
+                             dtype=int, delimiter=",",
+                             usecols=("A", "C", "E"), names=True)
+        assert_equal(test.dtype.names, ctrl_names)
+
+    def test_fixed_width_names(self):
+        # Test fix-width w/ names
+        data = "    A    B   C\n    0    1 2.3\n   45   67   9."
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": (5, 5, 4), "names": True, "dtype": None}
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 1, 2.3), (45, 67, 9.)],
+                        dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int), ('C', float)])
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+        #
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": 5, "names": True, "dtype": None}
+        ctrl = np.array([(0, 1, 2.3), (45, 67, 9.)],
+                        dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int), ('C', float)])
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_filling_values(self):
+        # Test missing values
+        data = b"1, 2, 3\n1, , 5\n0, 6, \n"
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "dtype": None, "filling_values": -999}
+        ctrl = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [1, -999, 5], [0, 6, -999]], dtype=int)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), **kwargs)
+        assert_equal(test, ctrl)
+
+    def test_comments_is_none(self):
+        # Github issue 329 (None was previously being converted to 'None').
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO("test1,testNonetherestofthedata"),
+                                 dtype=None, comments=None, delimiter=',',
+                                 encoding="bytes")
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        assert_equal(test[1], b'testNonetherestofthedata')
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO("test1, testNonetherestofthedata"),
+                                 dtype=None, comments=None, delimiter=',',
+                                 encoding="bytes")
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        assert_equal(test[1], b' testNonetherestofthedata')
+
+    def test_latin1(self):
+        latin1 = b'\xf6\xfc\xf6'
+        norm = b"norm1,norm2,norm3\n"
+        enc = b"test1,testNonethe" + latin1 + b",test3\n"
+        s = norm + enc + norm
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(s),
+                                 dtype=None, comments=None, delimiter=',',
+                                 encoding="bytes")
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        assert_equal(test[1, 0], b"test1")
+        assert_equal(test[1, 1], b"testNonethe" + latin1)
+        assert_equal(test[1, 2], b"test3")
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(s),
+                             dtype=None, comments=None, delimiter=',',
+                             encoding='latin1')
+        assert_equal(test[1, 0], "test1")
+        assert_equal(test[1, 1], "testNonethe" + latin1.decode('latin1'))
+        assert_equal(test[1, 2], "test3")
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(b"0,testNonethe" + latin1),
+                                 dtype=None, comments=None, delimiter=',',
+                                 encoding="bytes")
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        assert_equal(test['f0'], 0)
+        assert_equal(test['f1'], b"testNonethe" + latin1)
+
+    def test_binary_decode_autodtype(self):
+        utf16 = b'\xff\xfeh\x04 \x00i\x04 \x00j\x04'
+        v = self.loadfunc(BytesIO(utf16), dtype=None, encoding='UTF-16')
+        assert_array_equal(v, np.array(utf16.decode('UTF-16').split()))
+
+    def test_utf8_byte_encoding(self):
+        utf8 = b"\xcf\x96"
+        norm = b"norm1,norm2,norm3\n"
+        enc = b"test1,testNonethe" + utf8 + b",test3\n"
+        s = norm + enc + norm
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.filterwarnings('always', '', VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(s),
+                                 dtype=None, comments=None, delimiter=',',
+                                 encoding="bytes")
+            assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+        ctl = np.array([
+                 [b'norm1', b'norm2', b'norm3'],
+                 [b'test1', b'testNonethe' + utf8, b'test3'],
+                 [b'norm1', b'norm2', b'norm3']])
+        assert_array_equal(test, ctl)
+
+    def test_utf8_file(self):
+        utf8 = b"\xcf\x96"
+        with temppath() as path:
+            with open(path, "wb") as f:
+                f.write((b"test1,testNonethe" + utf8 + b",test3\n") * 2)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(path, dtype=None, comments=None,
+                                 delimiter=',', encoding="UTF-8")
+            ctl = np.array([
+                     ["test1", "testNonethe" + utf8.decode("UTF-8"), "test3"],
+                     ["test1", "testNonethe" + utf8.decode("UTF-8"), "test3"]],
+                     dtype=np.str_)
+            assert_array_equal(test, ctl)
+
+            # test a mixed dtype
+            with open(path, "wb") as f:
+                f.write(b"0,testNonethe" + utf8)
+            test = np.genfromtxt(path, dtype=None, comments=None,
+                                 delimiter=',', encoding="UTF-8")
+            assert_equal(test['f0'], 0)
+            assert_equal(test['f1'], "testNonethe" + utf8.decode("UTF-8"))
+
+    def test_utf8_file_nodtype_unicode(self):
+        # bytes encoding with non-latin1 -> unicode upcast
+        utf8 = '\u03d6'
+        latin1 = '\xf6\xfc\xf6'
+
+        # skip test if cannot encode utf8 test string with preferred
+        # encoding. The preferred encoding is assumed to be the default
+        # encoding of open. Will need to change this for PyTest, maybe
+        # using pytest.mark.xfail(raises=***).
+        try:
+            encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+            utf8.encode(encoding)
+        except (UnicodeError, ImportError):
+            pytest.skip('Skipping test_utf8_file_nodtype_unicode, '
+                        'unable to encode utf8 in preferred encoding')
+
+        with temppath() as path:
+            with open(path, "wt") as f:
+                f.write("norm1,norm2,norm3\n")
+                f.write("norm1," + latin1 + ",norm3\n")
+                f.write("test1,testNonethe" + utf8 + ",test3\n")
+            with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+                warnings.filterwarnings('always', '',
+                                        VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+                test = np.genfromtxt(path, dtype=None, comments=None,
+                                     delimiter=',', encoding="bytes")
+                # Check for warning when encoding not specified.
+                assert_(w[0].category is VisibleDeprecationWarning)
+            ctl = np.array([
+                     ["norm1", "norm2", "norm3"],
+                     ["norm1", latin1, "norm3"],
+                     ["test1", "testNonethe" + utf8, "test3"]],
+                     dtype=np.str_)
+            assert_array_equal(test, ctl)
+
+    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*recfromtxt.*:DeprecationWarning")
+    def test_recfromtxt(self):
+        #
+        data = TextIO('A,B\n0,1\n2,3')
+        kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "missing_values": "N/A", "names": True}
+        test = recfromtxt(data, **kwargs)
+        control = np.array([(0, 1), (2, 3)],
+                           dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int)])
+        assert_(isinstance(test, np.recarray))
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        data = TextIO('A,B\n0,1\n2,N/A')
+        test = recfromtxt(data, dtype=None, usemask=True, **kwargs)
+        control = ma.array([(0, 1), (2, -1)],
+                           mask=[(False, False), (False, True)],
+                           dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        assert_equal(test.mask, control.mask)
+        assert_equal(test.A, [0, 2])
+
+    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*recfromcsv.*:DeprecationWarning")
+    def test_recfromcsv(self):
+        #
+        data = TextIO('A,B\n0,1\n2,3')
+        kwargs = {"missing_values": "N/A", "names": True, "case_sensitive": True,
+                      "encoding": "bytes"}
+        test = recfromcsv(data, dtype=None, **kwargs)
+        control = np.array([(0, 1), (2, 3)],
+                           dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int)])
+        assert_(isinstance(test, np.recarray))
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        data = TextIO('A,B\n0,1\n2,N/A')
+        test = recfromcsv(data, dtype=None, usemask=True, **kwargs)
+        control = ma.array([(0, 1), (2, -1)],
+                           mask=[(False, False), (False, True)],
+                           dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int)])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        assert_equal(test.mask, control.mask)
+        assert_equal(test.A, [0, 2])
+        #
+        data = TextIO('A,B\n0,1\n2,3')
+        test = recfromcsv(data, missing_values='N/A',)
+        control = np.array([(0, 1), (2, 3)],
+                           dtype=[('a', int), ('b', int)])
+        assert_(isinstance(test, np.recarray))
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        #
+        data = TextIO('A,B\n0,1\n2,3')
+        dtype = [('a', int), ('b', float)]
+        test = recfromcsv(data, missing_values='N/A', dtype=dtype)
+        control = np.array([(0, 1), (2, 3)],
+                           dtype=dtype)
+        assert_(isinstance(test, np.recarray))
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+        # gh-10394
+        data = TextIO('color\n"red"\n"blue"')
+        test = recfromcsv(data, converters={0: lambda x: x.strip('\"')})
+        control = np.array([('red',), ('blue',)], dtype=[('color', (str, 4))])
+        assert_equal(test.dtype, control.dtype)
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_max_rows(self):
+        # Test the `max_rows` keyword argument.
+        data = '1 2\n3 4\n5 6\n7 8\n9 10\n'
+        txt = TextIO(data)
+        a1 = np.genfromtxt(txt, max_rows=3)
+        a2 = np.genfromtxt(txt)
+        assert_equal(a1, [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]])
+        assert_equal(a2, [[7, 8], [9, 10]])
+
+        # max_rows must be at least 1.
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.genfromtxt, TextIO(data), max_rows=0)
+
+        # An input with several invalid rows.
+        data = '1 1\n2 2\n0 \n3 3\n4 4\n5  \n6  \n7  \n'
+
+        test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), max_rows=2)
+        control = np.array([[1., 1.], [2., 2.]])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+        # Test keywords conflict
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.genfromtxt, TextIO(data), skip_footer=1,
+                      max_rows=4)
+
+        # Test with invalid value
+        assert_raises(ValueError, np.genfromtxt, TextIO(data), max_rows=4)
+
+        # Test with invalid not raise
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter('ignore', ConversionWarning)
+
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), max_rows=4, invalid_raise=False)
+            control = np.array([[1., 1.], [2., 2.], [3., 3.], [4., 4.]])
+            assert_equal(test, control)
+
+            test = np.genfromtxt(TextIO(data), max_rows=5, invalid_raise=False)
+            control = np.array([[1., 1.], [2., 2.], [3., 3.], [4., 4.]])
+            assert_equal(test, control)
+
+        # Structured array with field names.
+        data = 'a b\n#c d\n1 1\n2 2\n#0 \n3 3\n4 4\n5  5\n'
+
+        # Test with header, names and comments
+        txt = TextIO(data)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(txt, skip_header=1, max_rows=3, names=True)
+        control = np.array([(1.0, 1.0), (2.0, 2.0), (3.0, 3.0)],
+                      dtype=[('c', '<f8'), ('d', '<f8')])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+        # To continue reading the same "file", don't use skip_header or
+        # names, and use the previously determined dtype.
+        test = np.genfromtxt(txt, max_rows=None, dtype=test.dtype)
+        control = np.array([(4.0, 4.0), (5.0, 5.0)],
+                      dtype=[('c', '<f8'), ('d', '<f8')])
+        assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    def test_gft_using_filename(self):
+        # Test that we can load data from a filename as well as a file
+        # object
+        tgt = np.arange(6).reshape((2, 3))
+        linesep = ('\n', '\r\n', '\r')
+
+        for sep in linesep:
+            data = '0 1 2' + sep + '3 4 5'
+            with temppath() as name:
+                with open(name, 'w') as f:
+                    f.write(data)
+                res = np.genfromtxt(name)
+            assert_array_equal(res, tgt)
+
+    def test_gft_from_gzip(self):
+        # Test that we can load data from a gzipped file
+        wanted = np.arange(6).reshape((2, 3))
+        linesep = ('\n', '\r\n', '\r')
+
+        for sep in linesep:
+            data = '0 1 2' + sep + '3 4 5'
+            s = BytesIO()
+            with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=s, mode='w') as g:
+                g.write(asbytes(data))
+
+            with temppath(suffix='.gz2') as name:
+                with open(name, 'w') as f:
+                    f.write(data)
+                assert_array_equal(np.genfromtxt(name), wanted)
+
+    def test_gft_using_generator(self):
+        # gft doesn't work with unicode.
+        def count():
+            for i in range(10):
+                yield asbytes("%d" % i)
+
+        res = np.genfromtxt(count())
+        assert_array_equal(res, np.arange(10))
+
+    def test_auto_dtype_largeint(self):
+        # Regression test for numpy/numpy#5635 whereby large integers could
+        # cause OverflowErrors.
+
+        # Test the automatic definition of the output dtype
+        #
+        # 2**66 = 73786976294838206464 => should convert to float
+        # 2**34 = 17179869184 => should convert to int64
+        # 2**10 = 1024 => should convert to int (int32 on 32-bit systems,
+        #                 int64 on 64-bit systems)
+
+        data = TextIO('73786976294838206464 17179869184 1024')
+
+        test = np.genfromtxt(data, dtype=None)
+
+        assert_equal(test.dtype.names, ['f0', 'f1', 'f2'])
+
+        assert_(test.dtype['f0'] == float)
+        assert_(test.dtype['f1'] == np.int64)
+        assert_(test.dtype['f2'] == np.int_)
+
+        assert_allclose(test['f0'], 73786976294838206464.)
+        assert_equal(test['f1'], 17179869184)
+        assert_equal(test['f2'], 1024)
+
+    def test_unpack_float_data(self):
+        txt = TextIO("1,2,3\n4,5,6\n7,8,9\n0.0,1.0,2.0")
+        a, b, c = np.loadtxt(txt, delimiter=",", unpack=True)
+        assert_array_equal(a, np.array([1.0, 4.0, 7.0, 0.0]))
+        assert_array_equal(b, np.array([2.0, 5.0, 8.0, 1.0]))
+        assert_array_equal(c, np.array([3.0, 6.0, 9.0, 2.0]))
+
+    def test_unpack_structured(self):
+        # Regression test for gh-4341
+        # Unpacking should work on structured arrays
+        txt = TextIO("M 21 72\nF 35 58")
+        dt = {'names': ('a', 'b', 'c'), 'formats': ('S1', 'i4', 'f4')}
+        a, b, c = np.genfromtxt(txt, dtype=dt, unpack=True)
+        assert_equal(a.dtype, np.dtype('S1'))
+        assert_equal(b.dtype, np.dtype('i4'))
+        assert_equal(c.dtype, np.dtype('f4'))
+        assert_array_equal(a, np.array([b'M', b'F']))
+        assert_array_equal(b, np.array([21, 35]))
+        assert_array_equal(c, np.array([72.,  58.]))
+
+    def test_unpack_auto_dtype(self):
+        # Regression test for gh-4341
+        # Unpacking should work when dtype=None
+        txt = TextIO("M 21 72.\nF 35 58.")
+        expected = (np.array(["M", "F"]), np.array([21, 35]), np.array([72., 58.]))
+        test = np.genfromtxt(txt, dtype=None, unpack=True, encoding="utf-8")
+        for arr, result in zip(expected, test):
+            assert_array_equal(arr, result)
+            assert_equal(arr.dtype, result.dtype)
+
+    def test_unpack_single_name(self):
+        # Regression test for gh-4341
+        # Unpacking should work when structured dtype has only one field
+        txt = TextIO("21\n35")
+        dt = {'names': ('a',), 'formats': ('i4',)}
+        expected = np.array([21, 35], dtype=np.int32)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(txt, dtype=dt, unpack=True)
+        assert_array_equal(expected, test)
+        assert_equal(expected.dtype, test.dtype)
+
+    def test_squeeze_scalar(self):
+        # Regression test for gh-4341
+        # Unpacking a scalar should give zero-dim output,
+        # even if dtype is structured
+        txt = TextIO("1")
+        dt = {'names': ('a',), 'formats': ('i4',)}
+        expected = np.array((1,), dtype=np.int32)
+        test = np.genfromtxt(txt, dtype=dt, unpack=True)
+        assert_array_equal(expected, test)
+        assert_equal((), test.shape)
+        assert_equal(expected.dtype, test.dtype)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("ndim", [0, 1, 2])
+    def test_ndmin_keyword(self, ndim: int):
+        # let's have the same behaviour of ndmin as loadtxt
+        # as they should be the same for non-missing values
+        txt = "42"
+
+        a = np.loadtxt(StringIO(txt), ndmin=ndim)
+        b = np.genfromtxt(StringIO(txt), ndmin=ndim)
+
+        assert_array_equal(a, b)
+
+
+class TestPathUsage:
+    # Test that pathlib.Path can be used
+    def test_loadtxt(self):
+        with temppath(suffix='.txt') as path:
+            path = Path(path)
+            a = np.array([[1.1, 2], [3, 4]])
+            np.savetxt(path, a)
+            x = np.loadtxt(path)
+            assert_array_equal(x, a)
+
+    def test_save_load(self):
+        # Test that pathlib.Path instances can be used with save.
+        with temppath(suffix='.npy') as path:
+            path = Path(path)
+            a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], int)
+            np.save(path, a)
+            data = np.load(path)
+            assert_array_equal(data, a)
+
+    def test_save_load_memmap(self):
+        # Test that pathlib.Path instances can be loaded mem-mapped.
+        with temppath(suffix='.npy') as path:
+            path = Path(path)
+            a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], int)
+            np.save(path, a)
+            data = np.load(path, mmap_mode='r')
+            assert_array_equal(data, a)
+            # close the mem-mapped file
+            del data
+            if IS_PYPY:
+                break_cycles()
+                break_cycles()
+
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(IS_WASM, reason="memmap doesn't work correctly")
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename_type", [Path, str])
+    def test_save_load_memmap_readwrite(self, filename_type):
+        with temppath(suffix='.npy') as path:
+            path = filename_type(path)
+            a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]], int)
+            np.save(path, a)
+            b = np.load(path, mmap_mode='r+')
+            a[0][0] = 5
+            b[0][0] = 5
+            del b  # closes the file
+            if IS_PYPY:
+                break_cycles()
+                break_cycles()
+            data = np.load(path)
+            assert_array_equal(data, a)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename_type", [Path, str])
+    def test_savez_load(self, filename_type):
+        with temppath(suffix='.npz') as path:
+            path = filename_type(path)
+            np.savez(path, lab='place holder')
+            with np.load(path) as data:
+                assert_array_equal(data['lab'], 'place holder')
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename_type", [Path, str])
+    def test_savez_compressed_load(self, filename_type):
+        with temppath(suffix='.npz') as path:
+            path = filename_type(path)
+            np.savez_compressed(path, lab='place holder')
+            data = np.load(path)
+            assert_array_equal(data['lab'], 'place holder')
+            data.close()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename_type", [Path, str])
+    def test_genfromtxt(self, filename_type):
+        with temppath(suffix='.txt') as path:
+            path = filename_type(path)
+            a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4)])
+            np.savetxt(path, a)
+            data = np.genfromtxt(path)
+            assert_array_equal(a, data)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename_type", [Path, str])
+    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*recfromtxt.*:DeprecationWarning")
+    def test_recfromtxt(self, filename_type):
+        with temppath(suffix='.txt') as path:
+            path = filename_type(path)
+            with open(path, 'w') as f:
+                f.write('A,B\n0,1\n2,3')
+
+            kwargs = {"delimiter": ",", "missing_values": "N/A", "names": True}
+            test = recfromtxt(path, **kwargs)
+            control = np.array([(0, 1), (2, 3)],
+                               dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int)])
+            assert_(isinstance(test, np.recarray))
+            assert_equal(test, control)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename_type", [Path, str])
+    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:.*recfromcsv.*:DeprecationWarning")
+    def test_recfromcsv(self, filename_type):
+        with temppath(suffix='.txt') as path:
+            path = filename_type(path)
+            with open(path, 'w') as f:
+                f.write('A,B\n0,1\n2,3')
+
+            kwargs = {
+                "missing_values": "N/A", "names": True, "case_sensitive": True
+            }
+            test = recfromcsv(path, dtype=None, **kwargs)
+            control = np.array([(0, 1), (2, 3)],
+                               dtype=[('A', int), ('B', int)])
+            assert_(isinstance(test, np.recarray))
+            assert_equal(test, control)
+
+
+def test_gzip_load():
+    a = np.random.random((5, 5))
+
+    s = BytesIO()
+    f = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=s, mode="w")
+
+    np.save(f, a)
+    f.close()
+    s.seek(0)
+
+    f = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=s, mode="r")
+    assert_array_equal(np.load(f), a)
+
+
+# These next two classes encode the minimal API needed to save()/load() arrays.
+# The `test_ducktyping` ensures they work correctly
+class JustWriter:
+    def __init__(self, base):
+        self.base = base
+
+    def write(self, s):
+        return self.base.write(s)
+
+    def flush(self):
+        return self.base.flush()
+
+class JustReader:
+    def __init__(self, base):
+        self.base = base
+
+    def read(self, n):
+        return self.base.read(n)
+
+    def seek(self, off, whence=0):
+        return self.base.seek(off, whence)
+
+
+def test_ducktyping():
+    a = np.random.random((5, 5))
+
+    s = BytesIO()
+    f = JustWriter(s)
+
+    np.save(f, a)
+    f.flush()
+    s.seek(0)
+
+    f = JustReader(s)
+    assert_array_equal(np.load(f), a)
+
+
+def test_gzip_loadtxt():
+    # Thanks to another windows brokenness, we can't use
+    # NamedTemporaryFile: a file created from this function cannot be
+    # reopened by another open call. So we first put the gzipped string
+    # of the test reference array, write it to a securely opened file,
+    # which is then read from by the loadtxt function
+    s = BytesIO()
+    g = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=s, mode='w')
+    g.write(b'1 2 3\n')
+    g.close()
+
+    s.seek(0)
+    with temppath(suffix='.gz') as name:
+        with open(name, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(s.read())
+        res = np.loadtxt(name)
+    s.close()
+
+    assert_array_equal(res, [1, 2, 3])
+
+
+def test_gzip_loadtxt_from_string():
+    s = BytesIO()
+    f = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=s, mode="w")
+    f.write(b'1 2 3\n')
+    f.close()
+    s.seek(0)
+
+    f = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=s, mode="r")
+    assert_array_equal(np.loadtxt(f), [1, 2, 3])
+
+
+def test_npzfile_dict():
+    s = BytesIO()
+    x = np.zeros((3, 3))
+    y = np.zeros((3, 3))
+
+    np.savez(s, x=x, y=y)
+    s.seek(0)
+
+    z = np.load(s)
+
+    assert_('x' in z)
+    assert_('y' in z)
+    assert_('x' in z.keys())
+    assert_('y' in z.keys())
+
+    for f, a in z.items():
+        assert_(f in ['x', 'y'])
+        assert_equal(a.shape, (3, 3))
+
+    for a in z.values():
+        assert_equal(a.shape, (3, 3))
+
+    assert_(len(z.items()) == 2)
+
+    for f in z:
+        assert_(f in ['x', 'y'])
+
+    assert_('x' in z.keys())
+    assert (z.get('x') == z['x']).all()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_REFCOUNT, reason="Python lacks refcounts")
+@pytest.mark.thread_unsafe(reason="garbage collector is global state")
+def test_load_refcount():
+    # Check that objects returned by np.load are directly freed based on
+    # their refcount, rather than needing the gc to collect them.
+
+    f = BytesIO()
+    np.savez(f, [1, 2, 3])
+    f.seek(0)
+
+    with assert_no_gc_cycles():
+        np.load(f)
+
+    f.seek(0)
+    dt = [("a", 'u1', 2), ("b", 'u1', 2)]
+    with assert_no_gc_cycles():
+        x = np.loadtxt(TextIO("0 1 2 3"), dtype=dt)
+        assert_equal(x, np.array([((0, 1), (2, 3))], dtype=dt))
+
+
+def test_load_multiple_arrays_until_eof():
+    f = BytesIO()
+    np.save(f, 1)
+    np.save(f, 2)
+    f.seek(0)
+    out1 = np.load(f)
+    assert out1 == 1
+    out2 = np.load(f)
+    assert out2 == 2
+    with pytest.raises(EOFError):
+        np.load(f)
+
+
+def test_savez_nopickle():
+    obj_array = np.array([1, 'hello'], dtype=object)
+    with temppath(suffix='.npz') as tmp:
+        np.savez(tmp, obj_array)
+
+    with temppath(suffix='.npz') as tmp:
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Object arrays cannot be saved when.*"):
+            np.savez(tmp, obj_array, allow_pickle=False)
+
+    with temppath(suffix='.npz') as tmp:
+        np.savez_compressed(tmp, obj_array)
+
+    with temppath(suffix='.npz') as tmp:
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Object arrays cannot be saved when.*"):
+            np.savez_compressed(tmp, obj_array, allow_pickle=False)