[Numpy-discussion] bug with with fill_values in masked arrays?

[Chris Withers]

Matt Knox wrote:
> data = [1., 2., 3., np.nan, 5., 6.]
> mask = [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0]

I'm creating the ma with ma.masked_where...

> marr = ma.array(data, mask=mask)
> marr.set_fill_value(55)

> print marr[0] is ma.masked # False
> print marr[3] # ma.masked constant

Yeah, and this is where I have the problem. The masked constant has a 
fill value of 99999, rather than 55. That is annoying.

> filled_arr = marr.filled()
> print filled_arr # nan value is replaced with fill value of 55

Right, and this is how I currently work around the problem.

cheers,

Chris

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