numpy/numpy — pull request #4102 by seberg (2013-12-05 12:38:44+00:00)
Title: FIX: Array split should not hack empty array shape away

Also fixes that it hacked the dtype away ("closes gh-612").
I really don't see *any* point for that kludge comment, the
shape should stay there for concatenation, etc. to work.

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I guess this probably needs a futurewarning, so anyone agrees I will do that first.