Strange numpy.argmax behavior on object arrays in numpy 1.0.

[Travis Oliphant]

Tom Denniston wrote:
> I recently upgraded to numpy 1.0 from 1.0b5.   I noticed that 
> numpy.argmax behavior is very strange on object arrays.  See below:
>  
> (Pdb) numpy.__version__
> '1.0'
> (Pdb) numpy.argmax(numpy.array([2, 3], dtype=object))
> 0
> (Pdb) numpy.argmax(numpy.array([2, 3], dtype=int))
> 1
> (Pdb) numpy.argmax(numpy.array([2, 3], dtype=object), axis=0)
> 0
>  
>  
> I would expect the argmax to behave the same on the dtype=int and 
> dtype=object examples but it doesn't.  Am I missing some subtelty or 
> is this just a bug?  1.0 is the most recent version, right?
This is a bug.  I've fixed in in SVN.  Thanks for the test.

-Travis


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security?
Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier
Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo
http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642