numpy/numpy — pull request #4117 by abalkin (2013-12-11 00:23:29+00:00)
Title: BUG: Propagate error when assigning an instance to an array item.

Prior to thes fix, numpy would swallow an error that may occur when
an instance of an old-style class would be used to set an item in an
incompatible array. This would result in a SystemError.

Fixes #2276.