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+Use ``a.item()`` instead of the deprecated ``np.asscalar(a)`` in ``pytest.approx``.
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+``np.asscalar`` has been `deprecated <https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/release/1.16.0-notes.rst#new-deprecations>`__ in ``numpy 1.16.``.