[Numpy-discussion] wrong casting of augmented assignment statements

[Robert Kern]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:05, Sebastian Walter
<sebastian.walter at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a question about the augmented assignment statements *=, +=, etc.
> Apparently, the casting of types is not working correctly. Is this
> known resp. intended behavior of numpy?

Augmented assignment modifies numpy arrays in-place, so the usual
casting rules for assignment into an array apply. Namely, the array
being assigned into keeps its dtype.

If you do not want in-place modification, do not use augmented assignment.

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Robert Kern

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