Generates astropy issue #1446

astropy_unmasked_table_bug.py

from astropy.table import Table

numbers = [1, 2, 3]
strings = ['a', 'b', 'c']

t_numbers = Table(data=[numbers])
comparison_numbers = (t_numbers['col0'] == 1)
type(comparison_numbers)  # this is a Column object
print comparison_numbers

t_strings = Table(data=[strings])
comparison_strings = (t_strings['col0'] == 'a')
type(comparison_strings)  # this is a numpy ndarray object
print comparison_strings