Add tests for strings shorter than 64 characters

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/convert_datatype.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/convert_datatype.c
index cb1caec08..957a74fde 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/convert_datatype.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/convert_datatype.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ PyArray_AdaptFlexibleDType(PyObject *data_obj, PyArray_Descr *data_dtype,
                             data_obj != NULL) {
                         /*
                          * Convert data array to list of objects since
-                         * GetArrayParamsFromObject won't iterator through
+                         * GetArrayParamsFromObject won't iterate through
                          * items in an array.
                          */
                         list = PyArray_ToList(data_obj);
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_api.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_api.py
index ce4658fd4..8ab48f2d1 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_api.py
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ def test_array_astype():
     assert_equal(a, b)
     assert_equal(b.dtype, np.dtype('U100'))
 
+    # Same test as above but for strings shorter than 64 characters
+    a = np.array([b'a'*10], dtype='O')
+    b = a.astype('S')
+    assert_equal(a, b)
+    assert_equal(b.dtype, np.dtype('S10'))
+    a = np.array([sixu('a')*10], dtype='O')
+    b = a.astype('U')
+    assert_equal(a, b)
+    assert_equal(b.dtype, np.dtype('U10'))
+
 def test_copyto_fromscalar():
     a = np.arange(6, dtype='f4').reshape(2,3)