I'm noticing an inconsistency as to how complex numbers are byteswapped
as arrays vs. scalars, and wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
>>> x = np.array([-1j], '<c8')
>>> x.tostring().encode('hex')
'00000000000080bf'
# This is a little-endian representation, in the order (real, imag)
# When I swap the whole array, it swaps each of the (real, imag) parts
separately
>>> y = x.byteswap()
>>> y.tostring().encode('hex')
'00000000bf800000'
# and this round-trips fine
>>> z = np.fromstring(y.tostring(), dtype='>c8')
>>> assert z[0] == -1j
>>>
# When I swap the scalar, it seems to swap the entire 8 bytes
>>> y = x[0].byteswap()
>>> y.tostring().encode('hex')
'bf80000000000000'
# ...and this doesn't round-trip
>>> z = np.fromstring(y.tostring(), dtype='>c8')
>>> assert z[0] == -1j
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AssertionError
>>>
Any thoughts?
Mike
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Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Operations and Engineering Division
Space Telescope Science Institute
Operated by AURA for NASA
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