From f4c9e20f0d80dae487bc3b204f3deec0433419f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 10:38:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid `numpy` type usage on the wire

---
 piker/data/feed.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/piker/data/feed.py b/piker/data/feed.py
index a0e2478b..0f856627 100644
--- a/piker/data/feed.py
+++ b/piker/data/feed.py
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ async def allocate_persistent_feed(
     times = shm.array['time']
     delay_s = times[-1] - times[times != times[-1]][-1]
 
-    # pass OHLC sample rate in seconds
-    init_msg[symbol]['sample_rate'] = delay_s
+    # pass OHLC sample rate in seconds (be sure to use python int type)
+    init_msg[symbol]['sample_rate'] = int(delay_s)
 
     # yield back control to starting nursery
     task_status.started((init_msg,  first_quote))