[Matrix-SIG] Python crash when sort is given zero length list

[Zane Motteler]

Hi Travis,

You wrote:

>I'm running NumPy 1.3 on Linux libc6 and get a floating
>point exception when I try to sort a list with zero elements.
>
>Here is the session.
>
>Anybody seen this and made the fix.
>
>>>> from Numeric import sort
>>>> sort([])
>Floating point exception

Yes, we are aware of the problem, and it will be fixed in the
next distribution.

What puczzles me is why you need a computer to sort a list
with 0 items ?   ;-}

Zane

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