numpy · charris · Apr 4, 2014 · Mar 22, 2014 · charris · Apr 3, 2014
diff --git a/doc/release/1.9.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.9.0-notes.rst
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ Several more functions now release the Global Interpreter Lock allowing more
 efficient parallization using the ``threading`` module. Most notably the GIL is
 now released for fancy indexing and ``np.where``.
 
+MaskedArray support for more complicated base classes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Built-in assumptions that the baseclass behaved like a plain array are being
+removed. In particalur, ``repr`` and ``str`` should now work more reliably.
+
 Changes
 =======
 

diff --git a/numpy/ma/core.py b/numpy/ma/core.py
@@ -3585,9 +3585,8 @@ def __str__(self):
                     if m.dtype.names:
                         m = m.view((bool, len(m.dtype)))
                         if m.any():
-                            r = np.array(self._data.tolist(), dtype=object)
-                            np.copyto(r, f, where=m)
-                            return str(tuple(r))
+                            return str(tuple((f if _m else _d) for _d, _m in
+                                             zip(self._data.tolist(), m)))
                         else:
                             return str(self._data)
                     elif m:
@@ -3598,7 +3597,7 @@ def __str__(self):
                 names = self.dtype.names
                 if names is None:
                     res = self._data.astype("O")
-                    res[m] = f
+                    res.view(ndarray)[m] = f
                 else:
                     rdtype = _recursive_make_descr(self.dtype, "O")
                     res = self._data.astype(rdtype)
@@ -3612,19 +3611,22 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
         """
         n = len(self.shape)
-        name = repr(self._data).split('(')[0]
+        if self._baseclass is np.ndarray:
+            name = 'array'
+        else:
+            name = self._baseclass.__name__
+
         parameters = dict(name=name, nlen=" " * len(name),
-                           data=str(self), mask=str(self._mask),
-                           fill=str(self.fill_value), dtype=str(self.dtype))
+                          data=str(self), mask=str(self._mask),
+                          fill=str(self.fill_value), dtype=str(self.dtype))
         if self.dtype.names:
             if n <= 1:
                 return _print_templates['short_flx'] % parameters
-            return  _print_templates['long_flx'] % parameters
+            return _print_templates['long_flx'] % parameters
         elif n <= 1:
             return _print_templates['short_std'] % parameters
         return _print_templates['long_std'] % parameters
 
-
     def __eq__(self, other):
         "Check whether other equals self elementwise"
         if self is masked:

diff --git a/numpy/ma/tests/test_core.py b/numpy/ma/tests/test_core.py
@@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ def test_deepcopy(self):
         assert_equal(copied.mask, [0, 0, 0])
         assert_equal(a.mask, [0, 1, 0])
 
+    def test_str_repr(self):
+        a = array([0, 1, 2], mask=[False, True, False])
+        assert_equal(str(a), '[0 -- 2]')
+        assert_equal(repr(a), 'masked_array(data = [0 -- 2],\n'
+                              '             mask = [False  True False],\n'
+                              '       fill_value = 999999)\n')
+
     def test_pickling(self):
         # Tests pickling
         a = arange(10)
@@ -3624,7 +3631,7 @@ def test_append_masked_array():
 def test_append_masked_array_along_axis():
     a = np.ma.masked_equal([1,2,3], value=2)
     b = np.ma.masked_values([[4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]], 7)
-    
+
     # When `axis` is specified, `values` must have the correct shape.
     assert_raises(ValueError, np.ma.append, a, b, axis=0)
 
@@ -3634,7 +3641,7 @@ def test_append_masked_array_along_axis():
     expected = expected.reshape((3,3))
     assert_array_equal(result.data, expected.data)
     assert_array_equal(result.mask, expected.mask)
-    
+
 
 ###############################################################################
 if __name__ == "__main__":

diff --git a/numpy/ma/tests/test_subclassing.py b/numpy/ma/tests/test_subclassing.py
@@ -82,6 +82,24 @@ def _get_series(self):
 mmatrix = MMatrix
 
 
+# also a subclass that overrides __str__, __repr__ and __setitem__, disallowing
+# setting to non-class values (and thus np.ma.core.masked_print_option)
+class ComplicatedSubArray(SubArray):
+    def __str__(self):
+        return 'myprefix {0} mypostfix'.format(
+            super(ComplicatedSubArray, self).__str__())
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        # Return a repr that does not start with 'name('
+        return '<{0} {1}>'.format(self.__class__.__name__, self)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, item, value):
+        # this ensures direct assignment to masked_print_option will fail
+        if not isinstance(value, ComplicatedSubArray):
+            raise ValueError("Can only set to MySubArray values")
+        super(ComplicatedSubArray, self).__setitem__(item, value)
+
+
 class TestSubclassing(TestCase):
     # Test suite for masked subclasses of ndarray.
 
@@ -187,6 +205,31 @@ def test_subclasspreservation(self):
         assert_equal(mxsub.info, xsub.info)
         assert_equal(mxsub._mask, m)
 
+    def test_subclass_repr(self):
+        """test that repr uses the name of the subclass
+        and 'array' for np.ndarray"""
+        x = np.arange(5)
+        mx = masked_array(x, mask=[True, False, True, False, False])
+        self.assertTrue(repr(mx).startswith('masked_array'))
+        xsub = SubArray(x)
+        mxsub = masked_array(xsub, mask=[True, False, True, False, False])
+        self.assertTrue(repr(mxsub).startswith(
+            'masked_{0}(data = [-- 1 -- 3 4]'.format(SubArray.__name__)))
+
+    def test_subclass_str(self):
+        """test str with subclass that has overridden str, setitem"""
+        # first without override
+        x = np.arange(5)
+        xsub = SubArray(x)
+        mxsub = masked_array(xsub, mask=[True, False, True, False, False])
+        self.assertTrue(str(mxsub) == '[-- 1 -- 3 4]')
+
+        xcsub = ComplicatedSubArray(x)
+        assert_raises(ValueError, xcsub.__setitem__, 0,
+                      np.ma.core.masked_print_option)
+        mxcsub = masked_array(xcsub, mask=[True, False, True, False, False])
+        self.assertTrue(str(mxcsub) == 'myprefix [-- 1 -- 3 4] mypostfix')
+
 
 ###############################################################################
 if __name__ == '__main__':