Fix GSDReader TypeError when indexing with NumPy scalar integers

[suriyasureshok]

Fixes #5224

Changes made in this Pull Request:

• Validated minimal failing case
• Added regression coverage
• Confirmed tests pass

============================= test session starts ==============================
platform win32 -- Python 3.12.10, pytest-9.0.2, pluggy-1.6.0 -- C:\Users\SURIYA\D
esktop\GSoC\mdanalysis\venv\Scripts\python.exe                                   cachedir: .pytest_cache
hypothesis profile 'default'
rootdir: C:\Users\SURIYA\Desktop\GSoC\mdanalysis\testsuite
configfile: pyproject.toml
plugins: hypothesis-6.151.6
collected 7 items
MDAnalysisTests/coordinates/test_gsd.py::test_no_gsd_u_raises SKIPPED     [ 14%]
MDAnalysisTests/coordinates/test_gsd.py::test_gsd_reader_raises SKIPPED   [ 28%]
MDAnalysisTests/coordinates/test_gsd.py::TestGSDReader::test_gsd_positions PASSED [ 42%]
MDAnalysisTests/coordinates/test_gsd.py::TestGSDReader::test_gsd_n_frames PASSED [ 57%]
MDAnalysisTests/coordinates/test_gsd.py::TestGSDReader::test_gsd_dimensions PASSED [ 71%]
MDAnalysisTests/coordinates/test_gsd.py::TestGSDReader::test_gsd_data_step PASSED [ 85%]
MDAnalysisTests/coordinates/test_gsd.py::TestGSDReader::test_gsd_numpy_int_indexing PASSED [100%]                                                                 
========================= 5 passed, 2 skipped in 1.93s ========================= 

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a TypeError that occurred when indexing GSD trajectory files with NumPy scalar integers (e.g., np.int64). The issue manifested when using Analysis classes with HOOMD GSD trajectories because MDAnalysis's parallelization framework generates frame indices as numpy arrays with dtype np.int64, but the underlying GSD library's HOOMDTrajectory only accepts Python int types for indexing.

Changes:

• Added conversion of numpy integer types to Python int in GSDReader._read_frame() before indexing the GSD file
• Added regression test covering np.int64, np.int32, and negative indexing with numpy integers
• Updated AUTHORS file with contributor name

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File	Description
package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/GSD.py	Added int(frame) conversion in _read_frame() to handle numpy scalar integers before accessing the underlying GSD file object
testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/coordinates/test_gsd.py	Added comprehensive regression test for numpy integer indexing including negative indices and multiple numpy integer types
package/AUTHORS	Added Suriya Sureshkumar to the 2026 contributors list
.gitignore	Added venv/ to ignore virtual environment directories

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[suriyasureshok]

@orbeckst Can you please review my PR?

[BradyAJohnston]

Currently there are multiple glaring issues with this PR which would prevent us from reviewing / potentially merging.

• Unnecessary addition to .gitignore
• Removal of completely unrelated test
• Linting failling
• Test coverage failing to test your changes
• Your PR description doesn't describe what the changes actually are and uses vague, non-specific and irrelevant language ("verified hypothesis experimentally")

Can you please explain the motivation behind removing unrelated tests?

[suriyasureshok]

Currently there are multiple glaring issues with this PR which would prevent us from reviewing / potentially merging.

• Unnecessary addition to .gitignore
• Removal of completely unrelated test
• Linting failling
• Test coverage failing to test your changes
• Your PR description doesn't describe what the changes actually are and uses vague, non-specific and irrelevant language ("verified hypothesis experimentally")

Can you please explain the motivation behind removing unrelated tests?

Thanks for pointing these out.

The removal of the unrelated test was a complete mistake. I’ll revert that immediately. The .gitignore change is also unrelated to this issue and will be removed.
I’ll fix the linting errors, ensure the new code path is properly covered by tests, and update the PR description to clearly explain the bug, root cause, and fix.

[suriyasureshok]

Closing this PR to clean up the branch and resubmit a minimal fix focused only on the NumPy scalar indexing issue in GSDReader.

[orbeckst]

@suriyasureshok please take the AI disclosure seriously. Read out AI policy to understand what’s acceptable and what’s not. Thanks.