Merge pull request #1968 from IntelPython/fix-numpy-1-26-recent-new-failures

Replace np.empty_like(usm_ndarray_inst) with np.empty(shape, dtype=dt)

Author: oleksandr-pavlyk

dpctl/tests/elementwise/test_add.py

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def test_add_errors():
 
     ar1 = dpt.ones(2, dtype="float32")
     ar2 = dpt.ones_like(ar1, dtype="int32")
-    y = np.empty_like(ar1)
+    y = np.empty(ar1.shape, dtype=ar1.dtype)
     with pytest.raises(TypeError) as excinfo:
         dpt.add(ar1, ar2, out=y)
     assert "output array must be of usm_ndarray type" in str(excinfo.value)

dpctl/tests/test_tensor_clip.py

@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ def test_clip_errors():
     ar1 = dpt.ones(2, dtype="i4")
     ar2 = dpt.ones_like(ar1, dtype="i4")
     ar3 = dpt.ones_like(ar1, dtype="i4")
-    ar4 = np.empty_like(ar1)
+    ar4 = np.empty(ar1.shape, dtype=ar1.dtype)
     assert_raises_regex(
         TypeError,
         "output array must be of usm_ndarray type",