Retain backward compatibility. Enforce C order.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/lib/index_tricks.py b/numpy/lib/index_tricks.py
index 112a79bd1..b07fde27d 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/index_tricks.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/index_tricks.py
@@ -534,11 +534,19 @@ class ndindex(object):
     """
     def __init__(self, *shape):
         x = as_strided(_nx.zeros(1), shape=shape, strides=_nx.zeros_like(shape))
-        self._it = _nx.nditer(x, flags=['multi_index'])
+        self._it = _nx.nditer(x, flags=['multi_index'], order='C')
 
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
 
+    def ndincr(self):
+        """
+        Increment the multi-dimensional index by one.
+
+        This method is for backward compatibility only: do not use.
+        """
+        self.next()
+
     def next(self):
         """
         Standard iterator method, updates the index and returns the index tuple.