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diff --git a/doc/neps/nep-0018-array-function-protocol.rst b/doc/neps/nep-0018-array-function-protocol.rst index 75f4132a4..f558e60f2 100644 --- a/doc/neps/nep-0018-array-function-protocol.rst +++ b/doc/neps/nep-0018-array-function-protocol.rst @@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ implementing the array API. As a convenience for ``__array_function__`` implementors, ``types`` provides all argument types with an ``'__array_function__'`` attribute. This -allows downstream implementations to quickly determine if they are likely able -to support the operation. The type of ``types`` is intentionally vague: +allows implementors to quickly identify cases where they should defer to +``__array_function__`` implementations on other arguments. +The type of ``types`` is intentionally vague: ``frozenset`` would most closely match intended use, but we may use ``tuple`` instead for performance reasons. In any case, ``__array_function__`` implementations should not rely on the iteration order of ``types``, which |