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import numpy.matlib as M x = M.asmatrix(['a', 'b', 'c']) x == 'a' array([[ True, False, False]], dtype=bool) # <---- I expected a matrix

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x = M.asmatrix([1, 2, 3]) x == 1 matrix([[ True, False, False]], dtype=bool) # <---- This looks good

M.__version__ '1.0.5.dev4445'