'Test that two arrays have the same shape and strides.'

def assertStridesEqual(self, first, second):

    self.assertEqual(first.shape, second.shape, 'shapes    differ')
    self.assertEqual(first.itemsize, second.itemsize, 'itemsizes    differ')
    self.assertEqual(self._fix_strides(first), self._fix_strides(second), 'strides    differ')
