ENH: core: Add np.copyto, PyArray_MaskedMoveInto, PyArray_MaskedCopyInto

These functions expose masked copying routines, with and without
handling of overlapping data. Also deprecated the np.putmask and
PyArray_PutMask functions, because np.copyto supercedes their
functionality. This will need to be discussed on the list during
the pull request review.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/source/reference/c-api.array.rst b/doc/source/reference/c-api.array.rst
index 02aa03ff0..51802c436 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/c-api.array.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/c-api.array.rst
@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ From other objects
     indicates that the array should be aligned in the sense that the
     strides are multiples of the element size.
 
+    In versions 1.6 and earlier of NumPy, the following flags
+    did not have the _ARRAY_ macro namespace in them. That form
+    of the constant names is deprecated in 1.7.
+
 .. cvar:: NPY_ARRAY_NOTSWAPPED
 
     Make sure the returned array has a data-type descriptor that is in
@@ -1210,6 +1214,10 @@ might not be writeable. It might be in Fortan-contiguous order. The
 array flags are used to indicate what can be said about data
 associated with an array.
 
+In versions 1.6 and earlier of NumPy, the following flags
+did not have the _ARRAY_ macro namespace in them. That form
+of the constant names is deprecated in 1.7.
+
 .. cvar:: NPY_ARRAY_C_CONTIGUOUS
 
     The data area is in C-style contiguous order (last index varies the