two tests fail when using numpy 1.12 about scikit-sparse HOT 4 CLOSED

    cdef np.ndarray _cast(self, np.ndarray arr):
        if not issubclass(arr.dtype.type, np.number):
            raise CholmodError("non-numeric dtype %s" % (arr.dtype,))
        if self._complex:
            # All numeric types can be upcast to complex:
            return np.asfortranarray(arr, dtype=_complex_py_dtype)
        else:
            # Refuse to downcast complex types to real:
            if issubclass(arr.dtype.type, np.complexfloating):
                raise CholmodError("inconsistent use of complex array")
            else:
                return np.asfortranarray(arr, dtype=_real_py_dtype)

    cdef object _init_view_dense(self, cholmod_dense *out, np.ndarray m):
        if m.ndim != 2:
            raise CholmodError("array has %s dimensions (expected 2)" % m.ndim)
        m = self._cast(m)
        out.nrow = m.shape[0]
        out.ncol = m.shape[1] # oops, this is zero.
        out.nzmax = m.size
        out.d = m.strides[1] // m.itemsize
        out.x = m.data
        out.dtype = CHOLMOD_DOUBLE
        out.xtype = self._xtype
        return m