Make mask_invalid consistent with mask_where when copy is set to Fals…

…e. Add test for type erroring.

numpy/ma/core.py

@@ -2356,20 +2356,11 @@ def masked_invalid(a, copy=True):
            fill_value=1e+20)
 
     """
-    a = np.array(a, copy=copy, subok=True)
-    mask = getattr(a, '_mask', None)
-    if mask is not None:
-        condition = ~(np.isfinite(getdata(a)))
-        if mask is not nomask:
-            condition |= mask
-        cls = type(a)
-    else:
-        condition = ~(np.isfinite(a))
-        cls = MaskedArray
-    result = a.view(cls)
-    result._mask = condition
-    return result
 
+    try:
+        return masked_where(~(np.isfinite(getdata(a))), a, copy=copy)
+    except TypeError:
+        raise
 
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numpy/ma/tests/test_core.py

@@ -4496,6 +4496,13 @@ def test_where_structured_masked(self):
         assert_equal(ma, expected)
         assert_equal(ma.mask, expected.mask)
 
+    def test_masked_invalid_error(self):
+        a = np.arange(5, dtype=object)
+        a[3] = np.PINF
+        a[2] = np.NaN
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="not supported for the input types"):
+            np.ma.masked_invalid(a)
+
     def test_choose(self):
         # Test choose
         choices = [[0, 1, 2, 3], [10, 11, 12, 13],