Merge pull request #9168 from k-kapp/simplify-if-statement/master

charris · web-flow · commit c556b42c648a · 2017-05-27T08:25:55.000-06:00
MAINT: Simplify if statement
diff --git a/numpy/ma/core.py b/numpy/ma/core.py
@@ -2935,7 +2935,7 @@ def _update_from(self, obj):
         Copies some attributes of obj to self.
 
         """
-        if obj is not None and isinstance(obj, ndarray):
+        if isinstance(obj, ndarray):
             _baseclass = type(obj)
         else:
             _baseclass = ndarray
