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| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/add_newdocs.py | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/ma/core.py | 6 |
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diff --git a/numpy/add_newdocs.py b/numpy/add_newdocs.py index 26711f177..d1f6b3285 100644 --- a/numpy/add_newdocs.py +++ b/numpy/add_newdocs.py @@ -4460,6 +4460,12 @@ add_newdoc('numpy.core.multiarray', 'ndarray', ('view', (same shape, dtype, etc.) This does not cause a reinterpretation of the memory. + In cases when ``a.view(some_dtype)`` causes a reinterpretation of the + bytes of memory, its behavior cannot necessarily be predicted just from + the superficial appearance of ``a`` (shown by ``print(a)``). If ``a`` is + C-ordered versus fortran-ordered, versus defined as a transpose, versus + defined as a slice, etc., the view may give different results. + Examples -------- diff --git a/numpy/ma/core.py b/numpy/ma/core.py index dbd619b80..e895f8269 100644 --- a/numpy/ma/core.py +++ b/numpy/ma/core.py @@ -2889,6 +2889,12 @@ class MaskedArray(ndarray): `dtype` is an ndarray sub-class), then the fill value is preserved. Finally, if `fill_value` is specified, but `dtype` is not, the fill value is set to the specified value. + + In cases when ``a.view(some_dtype)`` causes a reinterpretation of the + bytes of memory, its behavior cannot necessarily be predicted just from + the superficial appearance of ``a`` (shown by ``print(a)``). If ``a`` is + C-ordered versus fortran-ordered, versus defined as a transpose, versus + defined as a slice, etc., the view may give different results. """ if dtype is None: |