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-rw-r--r--doc/release/1.14.0-notes.rst8
-rw-r--r--numpy/core/shape_base.py8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release/1.14.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.14.0-notes.rst
index 94626ed78..11ee9c008 100644
--- a/doc/release/1.14.0-notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release/1.14.0-notes.rst
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ selected via the ``--fcompiler`` and ``--compiler`` options to
supported; by default a gfortran-compatible static archive
``openblas.a`` is looked for.
-``concatenate`` gained an ``out`` argument
-------------------------------------------
-A preallocated buffer of the desired dtype can now be used with ``concatenate``.
-
+``concatenate`` and ``stack`` gained an ``out`` argument
+--------------------------------------------------------
+A preallocated buffer of the desired dtype can now be used for the output of
+these functions.
Changes
=======
diff --git a/numpy/core/shape_base.py b/numpy/core/shape_base.py
index f1847d7e3..026ad603a 100644
--- a/numpy/core/shape_base.py
+++ b/numpy/core/shape_base.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def hstack(tup):
return _nx.concatenate(arrs, 1)
-def stack(arrays, axis=0):
+def stack(arrays, axis=0, out=None):
"""
Join a sequence of arrays along a new axis.
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ def stack(arrays, axis=0):
Each array must have the same shape.
axis : int, optional
The axis in the result array along which the input arrays are stacked.
+ out : ndarray, optional
+ If provided, the destination to place the result. The shape must be
+ correct, matching that of what stack would have returned if no
+ out argument were specified.
Returns
-------
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ def stack(arrays, axis=0):
sl = (slice(None),) * axis + (_nx.newaxis,)
expanded_arrays = [arr[sl] for arr in arrays]
- return _nx.concatenate(expanded_arrays, axis=axis)
+ return _nx.concatenate(expanded_arrays, axis=axis, out=out)
class _Recurser(object):