From 01dca4ef5ff04df9883d2310537974fa3a98c51f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan van der Walt <stefan@sun.ac.za>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:53:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Found shorthand for constructing dtype str (thanks, Zach!).

---
 scikits/image/io/_plugins/freeimage_plugin.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scikits/image/io/_plugins/freeimage_plugin.py b/scikits/image/io/_plugins/freeimage_plugin.py
index ae74b126..37824727 100644
--- a/scikits/image/io/_plugins/freeimage_plugin.py
+++ b/scikits/image/io/_plugins/freeimage_plugin.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def _wrap_bitmap_bits_in_array(bitmap, shape, dtype):
         __array_interface__ = {
             'data': (bits, False),
             'strides': strides,
-            'typestr': dtype.byteorder + dtype.kind + str(dtype.itemsize),
+            'typestr': dtype.str,
             'shape': tuple(shape),
             }