Re: Is arraymodule broken ?

Steven D. Majewski (sdm7g@elvis.med.virginia.edu)
Tue, 15 Mar 1994 08:55:19 -0500

On Mar 15, 7:41, "Adrian Phillips (Tandem User)" wrote:
>
> If you send me an example to try, I can check it out on one of the AIXs here.
>

On Mar 15, 2:28, Tim Peters wrote:
>
> Python 1.0.1 (Feb 15 1994)
> Copyright 1991-1994 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> from array import array
> >>> array('c','abc')
> array('c', 'abc')
> >>> array('d',range(12))
> array('d', [0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0])
> >>>
>
> But that's UNIX(tm). Send a use that's failing for you, & I'll be happy
> to give it a try!
>
> if-nothing-else-you-guys-have-scared-me-off-aix!-ly y'rs - tim
>
> -- End of excerpt from Tim Peters <tim@ksr.com>

$ python
Python 1.0.1 (Mar 8 1994)
Copyright 1991-1994 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> from array import array
>>> array( 'c', 'abc' )
< object at 2006e8b8>
Illegal instruction(coredump)
$

$ python
Python 1.0.1 (Mar 8 1994)
Copyright 1991-1994 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> from array import array
>>> array( 'd', [ 0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ] )
< object at 200771c8>
Illegal instruction(coredump)
$

[ Sigh! ... no comment. - Steve ]