TST: core: mark test_ldexp_overflow as known failure on Python < 2.6 on Windows, because of apparently broken C runtime in the python.org binaries

pv · pv · commit 3747ab5ec181 · 2010-10-20T00:09:21.000+02:00
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_umath.py
@@ -397,6 +397,9 @@ def test_ldexp(self):
         self._check_ldexp('i')
         self._check_ldexp('l')
 
+    @dec.knownfailureif(sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info < (2, 6),
+                        "python.org < 2.6 binaries have broken ldexp in the "
+                        "C runtime")
     def test_ldexp_overflow(self):
         imax = np.iinfo(np.dtype('l')).max
         imin = np.iinfo(np.dtype('l')).min
