Merge pull request #30955 from charris/backport-30879

charris · web-flow · commit 254bafa78941 · 2026-03-07T05:05:57.000-07:00
ENH: Test .kind not .char in np.testing.assert_equal (#30879)
diff --git a/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py b/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ def assert_array_compare(comparison, x, y, err_msg='', verbose=True, header='',
     ox, oy = x, y
 
     def isnumber(x):
-        return x.dtype.char in '?bhilqpBHILQPefdgFDG'
+        return type(x.dtype)._is_numeric
 
     def istime(x):
         return x.dtype.char in "Mm"
