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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst | 14 |
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diff --git a/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst index 7a9d43fa1..933716faa 100644 --- a/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst @@ -24,12 +24,9 @@ The default casting rule for UFunc out= parameters has been changed from rule are likely bugs, so this change may expose previously undetected errors in projects that depend on NumPy. -Full-array boolean indexing used to allow boolean arrays with a size -non-broadcastable to the array size. Now it forces this to be broadcastable. -Since this affects some legacy code, this change will require discussion -during alpha or early beta testing, and a decision to either keep the -stricter behavior, or add in a hack to allow the previous behavior to -work. +Full-array boolean indexing has been optimized to use a different, +optimized code path. This code path should produce the same results, +but any feedback about changes to your code would be appreciated. Attempting to write to a read-only array (one with ``arr.flags.writeable`` set to ``False``) used to raise either a @@ -42,6 +39,11 @@ performance. Because of the nature of floating-point arithmetic, this may subtly change some results, just as linking NumPy to a different BLAS implementations such as MKL can. +If upgrading from 1.5, then generally in 1.6 and 1.7 there have been +substantial code added and some code paths altered, particularly in +the areas of type resolution and buffered iteration over universal +functions. This might have an impact on your code particularly if +you relied on accidental behavior in the past. New features ============ |