[Numpy-discussion] Should the fields in void scalars be available?

[Robert Kern]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 17:13, Travis E. Oliphant
<oliphant at enthought.com> wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
>>
>> The only inconsistency I can see here is that x.item() gives a tuple
>> rather than a scalar record. A scalar record does have field access,
>> but the tuple doesn't.
>>
>> In [28]: x.item()['a']
>>
> .item() always returns a standard Python type.  So, this is expected
> behavior.

Okey-dokey.

-- 
Robert Kern

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