scikit-image/scikit-image — pull request #477 by JDWarner (2013-03-21 05:21:37+00:00)
Title: Use `image.astype(dtype)` instead of `dtype(image)`

This PR addresses Issue #476, which is actually a NumPy bug but we can work around it with a trivial syntax change.

Passes all tests on my Mac, and the two versions profile no differently.