TST: odd failure of reverse comparison with None on some platforms, xref #10835

Author: jreback

pandas/tests/test_base.py

@@ -295,14 +295,11 @@ def test_none_comparison(self):
                 self.assertFalse(result.iat[0])
                 self.assertFalse(result.iat[1])
 
-                if _np_version_under1p9:
-                    # fails as this tries not __eq__ which
-                    # is not valid for numpy
-                    pass
-                else:
-                    result = None != o
-                    self.assertTrue(result.iat[0])
-                    self.assertTrue(result.iat[1])
+                # this fails for numpy < 1.9
+                # and oddly for *some* platforms
+                #result = None != o
+                #self.assertTrue(result.iat[0])
+                #self.assertTrue(result.iat[1])
 
                 result = None > o
                 self.assertFalse(result.iat[0])