Index: .
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--- .	(revision 3455)
+++ .	(working copy)
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
 
     public static PyArray array(PyObject seq, char typecode) {
         PyArray array = PyArray.array(seq, char2class(typecode));
-        array.typecode = Character.toString(typecode);
+        array.typecode = ""+typecode;
         return array;
     }