[Numpy-discussion] Wrong treatment of byte-order.

2011-08-30 Thread Nadav Horesh
Hi, This is my second post on this problem I found in numpy 1.6.1, and recently it cam up in the latest git version (2.0.0.dev-f3e70d9). The problem is numpy treats the native byte order ('') as illegal while the wrong one ('') as the right one. The output of the attached script (bult for

[Numpy-discussion] Wrong treatment of byte order?

2011-08-23 Thread Nadav Horesh
My system is a 64 bit gentoo linux on core i7 machine. Numpy version 1.6.1 and pyton(s) 2.7.2 and 3.2.1 Problem summary: I tried t invert a matrix of explicit little endian byte-order and got an error. The inversion run properly with a native byte order, and I get a wrong answer with not