[Numpy-discussion] Adding zero-dimension arrays, bug?

[David Paul Reichert]

Hi,

Numpy let's me define arrays with zero rows and/or
columns, and that's wanted behaviour from what I have
read in discussions. However, I can add an array
with zero rows to an array with one row (but not more),
resulting in another zero row array, like so:


In: a = zeros((4,0))

In: a
Out: array([], shape=(4, 0), dtype=float64)

In: b = zeros((4,1))

In: b
Out:
array([[ 0.],
        [ 0.],
        [ 0.],
        [ 0.]])

In: a + b
Out: array([], shape=(4, 0), dtype=float64)


Is this a bug? This should give a shape mismatch error,
shouldn't?


Cheers

David

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