allow array(())

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c b/numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c
index 532daf31b..288071cde 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/arrayobject.c
@@ -4142,12 +4142,6 @@ array_new(PyTypeObject *subtype, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 	type_num = descr->type_num;
 	itemsize = descr->elsize;
 
-        if (dims.ptr == NULL) {
-                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "need to give a "\
-                                "valid shape as the first argument");
-                goto fail;
-        }
-
         if (buffer.ptr == NULL) {
                 ret = (PyArrayObject *)\
 			PyArray_NewFromDescr(subtype, descr,
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
index e026ee5a0..ff7f25ac0 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ class test_zero_rank(ScipyTestCase):
         self.failUnlessRaises(IndexError, subscript, a, (newaxis, 0))
         self.failUnlessRaises(IndexError, subscript, a, (newaxis,)*50)
 
+    def check_constructor(self):
+        x = ndarray(())
+        x[()] = 5
+        self.failUnlessEqual(x[()], 5)
+        y = ndarray((),buffer=x)
+        y[()] = 6
+        self.failUnlessEqual(x[()], 6)
+        
 class test_creation(ScipyTestCase):
     def check_from_attribute(self):
         class x(object):