Original ticket http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1549 on 2010-07-17 by trac user kmaglione, assigned to unknown.

Calling base_repr(343, 3) returns '30000' rather than the expected '100000'.

NumPy 1.4.1
%python -V
Python 2.6.5
%uname -a
Linux jg 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 19 00:07:49 CEST 2010 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux