rm use of np.maximum_sctype

Author: Mathieu Scheltienne

nibabel/quaternions.py

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-MAX_FLOAT = np.maximum_sctype(float)
+from .casting import sctypes
+
+MAX_FLOAT = sctypes["float"][-1]
 FLOAT_EPS = np.finfo(float).eps
 
 

nibabel/tests/test_scaling.py

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def test_scaling_in_abstract(category0, category1, overflow):
 
 def check_int_a2f(in_type, out_type):
     # Check that array to / from file returns roughly the same as input
-    big_floater = np.maximum_sctype(np.float64)
+    big_floater = sctypes["float"][-1]
     info = type_info(in_type)
     this_min, this_max = info['min'], info['max']
     if not in_type in sctypes['complex']: