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| author | Eric Wieser <wieser.eric@gmail.com> | 2018-11-21 18:57:17 -0800 |
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| committer | Eric Wieser <wieser.eric@gmail.com> | 2019-01-13 11:16:54 -0800 |
| commit | 08a92de354f1f7592c7957f4aafe892f3d5a828a (patch) | |
| tree | 3d6fad67d0973f1b15b145db109fa708fb2c7285 /doc/release | |
| parent | 5af524421dd14107cbf05db942f0cc3f5a7656e7 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-08a92de354f1f7592c7957f4aafe892f3d5a828a.tar.gz | |
ENH: Add np.ctypeslib.as_ctypes_type(dtype), improve `np.ctypeslib.as_ctypes`
This also improves `np.ctypeslib.as_ctypes` to support more types of array:
* non-native endianness
* structured arrays with non-overlapping fields
* booleans
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release/1.17.0-notes.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/doc/release/1.17.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.17.0-notes.rst index c2052603d..565d0f0a8 100644 --- a/doc/release/1.17.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/1.17.0-notes.rst @@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ maintains `O(N log N)` run time complexity instead of deteriorating towards `O(N*N)` for prime lengths. Also, accuracy for real-valued FFTs with near-prime lengths has improved and is on par with complex-valued FFTs. +Further improvements to ``ctypes`` support in ``np.ctypeslib`` +-------------------------------------------------------------- +A new ``np.ctypeslib.as_ctypes_type`` function has been added, which can be +used to converts a `dtype` into a best-guess `ctypes` type. Thanks to this +new function, ``np.ctypeslib.as_ctypes`` now supports a much wider range of +array types, including structures, booleans, and integers of non-native +endianness. + + Changes ======= |