[Numpy-discussion] numpy core dump on linux

[Citi, Luca]

I experience the same problem.
A few more additional test cases:

In [1]: import numpy

In [2]: numpy.lexsort([numpy.arange(5)[::-1].copy(), numpy.arange(5)])
Out[2]: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])

In [3]: numpy.lexsort([numpy.arange(5)[::-1].copy(), numpy.arange(5.)])
Out[3]: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])

In [4]: numpy.lexsort([numpy.arange(5), numpy.arange(5)])
Out[4]: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])

In [5]: numpy.lexsort([numpy.arange(5), numpy.arange(5.)])
Out[5]: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])

In [6]: numpy.lexsort([numpy.arange(5)[::-1], numpy.arange(5)])
Out[6]: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])

In [7]: numpy.lexsort([numpy.arange(5)[::-1], numpy.arange(5.)])
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x09be6eb8 ***

It looks like the problem is when the first array is reversed and the second is float.

I am not familiar with gdb. If I run "gdb python", run it, and give the commands above,
it hangs at the glibc line without returning to gdb unless I hit CTRL-C. In this case,
I guess, the backtrace I get is related to the CTRL-C rather than the error.
Any hint in how to obtain useful information from gdb?

Best,
Luca