Index: compiler.py
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--- compiler.py	(revision 2465)
+++ compiler.py	(working copy)
@@ -554,14 +554,14 @@
 
 
 def getType(a):
-    t = a.dtype.type
-    if issubclass(t, numpy.bool_):
+    kind = a.dtype.kind
+    if kind == 'b':
         return bool
-    if issubclass(t, numpy.integer):
+    if kind in 'iu':
         return int
-    if issubclass(t, numpy.floating):
+    if kind == 'f':
         return float
-    if issubclass(t, numpy.complexfloating):
+    if kind == 'c':
         return complex
     raise ValueError("unkown type %s" % a.dtype.name)