____________________ TestAsArray.test_struct_array_pointer _____________________
  
  self = <numpy.tests.test_ctypeslib.TestAsArray object at 0x117f99a90>
  
      def test_struct_array_pointer(self):
          from ctypes import c_int16, Structure, pointer
      
          class Struct(Structure):
              _fields_ = [('a', c_int16)]
      
          Struct3 = 3 * Struct
      
          c_array = (2 * Struct3)(
              Struct3(Struct(a=1), Struct(a=2), Struct(a=3)),
              Struct3(Struct(a=4), Struct(a=5), Struct(a=6))
          )
      
          expected = np.array([
              [(1,), (2,), (3,)],
              [(4,), (5,), (6,)],
          ], dtype=[('a', np.int16)])
      
          def check(x):
              assert_equal(x.dtype, expected.dtype)
              assert_equal(x, expected)
      
          # all of these should be equivalent
          check(as_array(c_array))
          check(as_array(pointer(c_array), shape=()))
  >       check(as_array(pointer(c_array[0]), shape=(2,)))
  
  Struct     = <class 'numpy.tests.test_ctypeslib.TestAsArray.test_struct_array_pointer.<locals>.Struct'>
  Struct3    = <class 'numpy.tests.test_ctypeslib.Struct_Array_3'>
  Structure  = <class '_ctypes.Structure'>
  c_array    = <Struct_Array_3_Array_2 object at 0x121ddd9d0>
  c_int16    = <class 'ctypes.c_short'>
  check      = <function TestAsArray.test_struct_array_pointer.<locals>.check at 0x10239f100>
  expected   = array([[(1,), (2,), (3,)],
         [(4,), (5,), (6,)]], dtype=[('a', '<i2')])
  pointer    = <built-in function pointer>
  self       = <numpy.tests.test_ctypeslib.TestAsArray object at 0x117f99a90>
  
  ../venv-test/lib/python3.12/site-packages/numpy/tests/test_ctypeslib.py:241: 
  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
  ../venv-test/lib/python3.12/site-packages/numpy/tests/test_ctypeslib.py:236: in check
      assert_equal(x, expected)
          expected   = array([[(1,), (2,), (3,)],
         [(4,), (5,), (6,)]], dtype=[('a', '<i2')])
          x          = array([(1,), (2,), (3,)], dtype=[('a', '<i2')])
  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
  
  args = (<built-in function eq>, array([(1,), (2,), (3,)], dtype=[('a', '<i2')]), array([[(1,), (2,), (3,)],
         [(4,), (5,), (6,)]], dtype=[('a', '<i2')]))
  kwds = {'err_msg': '', 'header': 'Arrays are not equal', 'strict': False, 'verbose': True}
  
      @wraps(func)
      def inner(*args, **kwds):
          with self._recreate_cm():
  >           return func(*args, **kwds)
  E           AssertionError: 
  E           Arrays are not equal
  E           
  E           (shapes (3,), (2, 3) mismatch)
  E            x: array([(1,), (2,), (3,)], dtype=[('a', '<i2')])
  E            y: array([[(1,), (2,), (3,)],
  E                  [(4,), (5,), (6,)]], dtype=[('a', '<i2')])
  
  args       = (<built-in function eq>, array([(1,), (2,), (3,)], dtype=[('a', '<i2')]), array([[(1,), (2,), (3,)],
         [(4,), (5,), (6,)]], dtype=[('a', '<i2')]))
  func       = <function assert_array_compare at 0x10dba2de0>
  kwds       = {'err_msg': '', 'header': 'Arrays are not equal', 'strict': False, 'verbose': True}
  self       = <contextlib._GeneratorContextManager object at 0x10d9b9af0>