[Numpy-discussion] Structured array with no fields - possible?

[Matthew Brett]

Hi,

>> I'm trying to fix a bug in the scipy matlab loading routines, and this
>> requires me to somehow represent an empty structured array.
>>
>
> Do you need the struct to be empty (size is 0) or to have no fields ?
> What would you expect np.zeros((), dtype=np.dtype([])) to return, for
> example ?

Yes, I've got nothing - I have no idea what that might return.

I'm afraid what I need is some way of representing the fact that I
have read, from matlab, a structure with no fields (and therefore no
data) that can be - say - shape (10,2) - or any other.

Some time ago we thought of switching to structured arrays to
represent matlab structs, but this begins to make me think again.

Thanks for the replies,

Matthew