cv2 bindings incompatible with numpy.dstack function?

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Hi,

scratched my head for an hour or so on something rather annoying. When trying to turn a single channel image into a 3 channels one using numpy.dstack, the resulting array seems to upset the cv2 bindings.I finally found cv2.merge to work around that, but I just wanted to ask if this was expected.

Also any numpy expert with an explanation as to why dstack'd arrays might upset cv2 bindings (I suspect something with the internal representation)?

Also this might save some time to someone else :)

As you can see with the following code, cv2.merge gives a perfectly usable array, whereas the result of numpy.dstack doesn't get much love from cv2 (numpy is happy with it though).

tristan@tristan-laptop:/tmp$ python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 20 2012, 22:44:07) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.version.full_version
'1.6.2'
>>> import cv2
>>> cv2.__version__
'2.4.2'
>>> channel = np.arange(240 * 320, dtype=np.uint8).reshape(240, 320, 1)
>>> cv2.convertScaleAbs(channel)
array([[  0,   1,   2, ...,  61,  62,  63],
       [ 64,  65,  66, ..., 125, 126, 127],
       [128, 129, 130, ..., 189, 190, 191],
       ..., 
       [ 64,  65,  66, ..., 125, 126, 127],
       [128, 129, 130, ..., 189, 190, 191],
       [192, 193, 194, ..., 253, 254, 255]], dtype=uint8)
>>> merged = cv2.merge([channel for i in range(3)])
>>> stacked = np.dstack([channel for i in range(3)])
>>> np.all(stacked == merged)
True
>>> stacked.ndim, stacked.shape, stacked.dtype
(3, (240, 320, 3), dtype('uint8'))
>>> merged.ndim, merged.shape, merged.dtype
(3, (240, 320, 3), dtype('uint8'))
>>> cv2.convertScaleAbs(merged)
array([[[  0,   0,   0],
        [  1,   1,   1],
        [  2,   2,   2],
        ..., 
#[... more print array output skipped ...]
>>> cv2.convertScaleAbs(stacked)
OpenCV Error: Assertion failed (src.dims <= 2 && esz <= (size_t)32) in transpose, file /tmp/buildd/ros-fuerte-opencv2-2.4.2-0precise-20120704-1846/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp, line 1877
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'cv::Exception'
  what():  /tmp/buildd/ros-fuerte-opencv2-2.4.2-0precise-20120704-1846/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp:1877: error: (-215) src.dims <= 2 && esz <= (size_t)32 in function transpose

Aborted (core dumped)