Shifted to CopyMode to np.array_api

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/array_api.py b/numpy/array_api.py
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+++ b/numpy/array_api.py
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+import enum
+
+__all__ = [
+    'CopyMode'
+    ]
+
+class CopyMode(enum.Enum):
+
+    ALWAYS = True
+    IF_NEEDED = False
+    NEVER = 2
+
+    def __bool__(self):
+        # For backwards compatiblity
+        if self == CopyMode.ALWAYS:
+            return True
+
+        if self == CopyMode.IF_NEEDED:
+            return False
+
+        raise TypeError(f"{self} is neither True nor False.")
+
+
+CopyMode.__module__ = 'numpy.array_api'