fix bug reported in ticket 766 by Fred ( passing numpy values or ints to

theano/scan_module/scan.py

@@ -340,8 +340,15 @@ def scan( fn
 
     seqs      = wrap_into_list(sequences)
     outs_info = wrap_into_list(outputs_info)
-    non_seqs  = wrap_into_list(non_sequences)
 
+    # Make sure we get rid of numpy arrays or ints or anything like that
+    # passed as inputs to scan
+    non_seqs = []
+    for elem in wrap_into_list(non_sequences):
+        if not isinstance(elem, gof.Variable):
+            non_seqs.append(tensor.as_tensor_variable(elem))
+        else:
+            non_seqs.append(elem)
 
     # If we provided a known number of steps ( before compilation)
     # and if that number is 1 or -1, then we can skip the Scan Op,
@@ -380,7 +387,7 @@ def scan( fn
 
     # wrap outputs info in a dictionary if they are not already in one
     for i in xrange(n_outs):
-        if outs_info[i]:
+        if outs_info[i] is not None:
             if isinstance(outs_info[i], dict):
                 # DEPRICATED :
                 if outs_info[i].get('return_steps', None):