BUG: Check for existence of fromstr which used in fromstr_next_element (numpygh-14174)

zjpoh · seberg · commit 3d5fee2f9077 · 2019-08-02T13:37:50.000-07:00
The check tested the wrong function. In principle a dtype could only implement one of the two slots/functions. Fix numpy#14173.
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/ctors.c
@@ -4000,7 +4000,7 @@ PyArray_FromString(char *data, npy_intp slen, PyArray_Descr *dtype,
         size_t nread = 0;
         char *end;
 
-        if (dtype->f->scanfunc == NULL) {
+        if (dtype->f->fromstr == NULL) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
                             "don't know how to read "       \
                             "character strings with that "  \
