add SP compatibility test which is failing for me!
cast the output array to type GetNTAReal() as @baroobob suggested

but still does not solve problem
add test for direct cpp/py SP call in 1D
cpp/py SP tests: change activeArray type to uintType

in one case, as it's used in (passing) tests above
Fix column setup for inhibitColumn
Tests inconsistent with test parameters. Tests setup numColumns of 500 and 1000
but the column dimensions didn't match in two locations which could be confusing
to onlookers and is inconsistent.
Clean up pylint warnings in TemporalMemory
Keep track of numbers of active / connected synapses, rather than full set of indices (TODO: update tests and documentation)
Remove extraneous validations
Fix some unit tests
Drastically reduce number of calls to dataForSynapse
Cleaned up code
Update tests
Exposing predicted columns
Update nupic.core to latest and include gtest during cpp_region build
Merge branch 'master' into sp_compat_test
Update documentation
Merge pull request #1409 from oxtopus/integrate-gtest

Update nupic.core to latest and include gtest during cpp_region build
Merge pull request #1403 from cogmission/FixSPTestInconsistency

Fix column setup for inhibitColumn
Change `testeverything` to `unit_tests`
Merge pull request #1413 from utensil/correct-cpp-unit-test-name

Correct cpp unit test name