An ugly hack to convince newer version of numpy to save list of arrays

misc/finiterectlat-constant-driving.py

@@ -260,10 +260,15 @@ if not math.isnan(a.ccd_distance):
     logging.info("Far fields done")
 
 outfile = defaultprefix + ".npz" if a.output is None else a.output
+for sir in scattered_ir:# An ugly hack to convince newer versions of numpy that we indeed want to save a list of arrays
+    if sir is None:
+        break
+else:
+    scattered_ir.append(None)
 np.savez(outfile, meta={**vars(a), 'qpms_version' : qpms.__version__()}, 
 		 omega=omega, wavenumber=wavenumber, nelem=nelem, wavevector=np.array(a.wavevector), phases=phases, 
                  positions = ss.positions[:,:2],
-                 scattered_ir_packed = np.array(scattered_ir, dtype=np.object),
+                 scattered_ir_packed = np.array(scattered_ir, dtype=object),
                  scattered_full = scattered_full,
                  ir_contained = ir_contained,
                  t=t, l=l, m=m,