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diff --git a/doc/neps/return-of-revenge-of-matmul-pep.rst b/doc/neps/return-of-revenge-of-matmul-pep.rst index 4bcd07266..8c6d410ec 100644 --- a/doc/neps/return-of-revenge-of-matmul-pep.rst +++ b/doc/neps/return-of-revenge-of-matmul-pep.rst @@ -551,10 +551,10 @@ still included, though, for consistency: if we have an ``@`` that is analogous to ``*``, then it would be weird and surprising to *not* have an ``@@`` that is analogous to ``**``. Similarly, the in-place operators ``@=`` and ``@@=`` provide limited value -- it's more common -to write ``a = (b @ a)`` than it is to write ``a = (a @ b)``, and it -is not generally possible to implement in-place matrix multiplication -any more efficiently than by making a full copy of the matrix -- but -they are included for completeness and symmetry. +to write ``a = (b @ a)`` than it is to write ``a = (a @ b)``, and +in-place matrix operations still generally have to allocate +substantial temporary storage -- but they are included for +completeness and symmetry. Compatibility considerations |