[Numpy-discussion] Strange behavior of operator *=

[François Steinmetz]

Hi all,

I have encountered the following strangeness :
>>> from numpy import *
>>> __version__
'1.5.1'
>>> a = eye(2, dtype='int')
>>> a *= 1.0
>>> a ; a.dtype
array([[1, 0],
       [0, 1]])
dtype('int64')
>>> a = a * 1.0
>>> a ; a.dtype
array([[ 1.,  0.],
       [ 0.,  1.]])
dtype('float64')

So, in this case "a *= x" is not equivalent to "a = a*x" ?

François
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