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@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Future Changes
* String version checks will break because, e.g., '1.9' > '1.10' is True. A
NumpyVersion class has been added that can be used for such comparisons.
* The diagonal and diag functions will return writeable views in 1.10.0
+* The `S` and/or `a` dtypes may be changed to represent Python strings
+ instead of bytes, in Python 3 these two types are very different.
Compatibility notes
@@ -176,6 +178,11 @@ introduced in advanced indexing operations:
* Indexing with more then one ellipsis (``...``) is deprecated.
+Non-integer reduction axis indexes are deprecated
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Non-integer axis indexes to reduction ufuncs like `add.reduce` or `sum` are
+deprecated.
+
``promote_types`` and string dtype
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
``promote_types`` function now returns a valid string length when given an