When using very small values with np.histogram, one can encounter an IndexError under some circumstances
/home/tom/python/dev/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/lib/histograms.py:810: RuntimeWarning: overflow encountered in scalar divide
norm = n_equal_bins / _unsigned_subtract(last_edge, first_edge)
/home/tom/python/dev/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/lib/histograms.py:839: RuntimeWarning: invalid value encountered in cast
indices = f_indices.astype(np.intp)
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IndexError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[11], line 1
----> 1 np.histogram(np.array([-0.9e-308], dtype='>f8'), bins=2, range=(-1e-308, -2e-313))
File <__array_function__ internals>:200, in histogram(*args, **kwargs)
File ~/python/dev/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy/lib/histograms.py:844, in histogram(a, bins, range, density, weights)
840 indices[indices == n_equal_bins] -= 1
842 # The index computation is not guaranteed to give exactly
843 # consistent results within ~1 ULP of the bin edges.
--> 844 decrement = tmp_a < bin_edges[indices]
845 indices[decrement] -= 1
846 # The last bin includes the right edge. The other bins do not.
IndexError: index -9223372036854775808 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 31.24.1
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Describe the issue:
When using very small values with np.histogram, one can encounter an IndexError under some circumstances
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