"""
Test machar. Given recent changes to hardcode type data, we might want to get
rid of both MachAr and this test at some point.

"""
from numpy.core.machar import MachAr
import numpy.core.numerictypes as ntypes
from numpy import errstate, array


class TestMachAr:
    def _run_machar_highprec(self):
        # Instantiate MachAr instance with high enough precision to cause
        # underflow
        try:
            hiprec = ntypes.float96
            MachAr(lambda v: array(v, hiprec))
        except AttributeError:
            # Fixme, this needs to raise a 'skip' exception.
            "Skipping test: no ntypes.float96 available on this platform."

    def test_underlow(self):
        # Regression test for #759:
        # instantiating MachAr for dtype = np.float96 raises spurious warning.
        with errstate(all='raise'):
            try:
                self._run_machar_highprec()
            except FloatingPointError as e:
                msg = "Caught %s exception, should not have been raised." % e
                raise AssertionError(msg)