cp.generic is an alias for np.generic (data-apis#207)

array_api_compat/common/_helpers.py

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def is_cupy_array(x):
     import cupy as cp
 
     # TODO: Should we reject ndarray subclasses?
-    return isinstance(x, (cp.ndarray, cp.generic))
+    return isinstance(x, cp.ndarray)
 
 def is_torch_array(x):
     """

tests/test_common.py

@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@ def test_is_xp_namespace(library, func):
     assert is_func(lib) == (func == is_namespace_functions[library])
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('library', all_libraries)
+def test_xp_is_array_generics(library):
+    """
+    Test that scalar selection on a xp.ndarray always returns
+    an object that matches with exactly one among the is_*_array
+    function of the same library and is_numpy_array.
+    """
+    lib = import_(library)
+    x = lib.asarray([1, 2, 3])
+    x0 = x[0]
+
+    matches = []
+    for library2, func in is_array_functions.items():
+        is_func = globals()[func]
+        if is_func(x0):
+            matches.append(library2)
+    assert matches in ([library], ["numpy"])
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("library", all_libraries)
 def test_is_writeable_array(library):
     lib = import_(library)