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diff --git a/doc/neps/nep-0033-array-creation-dispatch-with-array-function.rst b/doc/neps/nep-0033-array-creation-dispatch-with-array-function.rst index 639ed6210..5b8fd802c 100644 --- a/doc/neps/nep-0033-array-creation-dispatch-with-array-function.rst +++ b/doc/neps/nep-0033-array-creation-dispatch-with-array-function.rst @@ -57,8 +57,14 @@ Implementation -------------- The implementation requires introducing a new ``like=`` keyword to all existing -array creation functions of NumPy. As of the writing of this NEP, a complete -list of array creation functions can be found in [4]_. +array creation functions of NumPy. As examples of functions that would add this +new argument (but not limited to) we can cite those taking array-like objects +such as ``array`` and ``asarray``, functions that create arrays based on +numerical ranges such as ``range`` and ``linspace``, as well as the ``empty`` +family of functions, even though that may be redundant, since there exists +already specializations for those with the naming format ``empty_like``. As of +the writing of this NEP, a complete list of array creation functions can be +found in [4]_. This newly proposed keyword shall be removed by the ``__array_function__`` mechanism from the keyword dictionary before dispatching. The purpose for this |