{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5653","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5653/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5653/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5653/events","html_url":"https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/5653","id":60383496,"number":5653,"title":"Creating a complex array crashes Python","user":{"login":"dpitch40","id":1520538,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1520538?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40","html_url":"https://github.com/dpitch40","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dpitch40/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-03-09T17:55:51Z","updated_at":"2015-03-09T18:42:51Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I am running Python 2.7.9 on Windows 7 SP1 64-bit with numpy 1.9.2. Running the following code abruptly crashes the Python interpreter for me, with the typical \"python.exe has stopped working\" popup from Windows and no other error information:\r\n\r\n    import numpy as np\r\n    x = np.array(1, dtype='F')\r\n\r\nThis is preventing me from importing scipy.stats because the decomp.py module crashes when executing line 29:\r\n\r\n```_I = cast['F'](1j)```\r\n\r\nFor context, I began observing this after updating from numpy 1.7.1 to 1.9.2."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/comments/77916110","html_url":"https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/5653#issuecomment-77916110","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/numpy/numpy/issues/5653","id":77916110,"user":{"login":"charris","id":77272,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/77272?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris","html_url":"https://github.com/charris","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/charris/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-09T18:42:51Z","updated_at":"2015-03-09T18:42:51Z","body":"Clean install means all other numpy installations are removed before the install. More guestions. Where did Python come from? What happens with the non-complex floats, 'f' and 'd'. I don't see any other reports and there are about 3,000 windows downloads, so I'm trying to figure out if the problem is 1.9.2, the sourceforge binaries, or something special about your setup."}}