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@@ -1540,6 +1540,19 @@ specify desired properties of the new array.
Make sure the resulting object is an actual ndarray, and not a sub-class.
+These constant are used in :c:func:`PyArray_DescrNewByteorder` to describe the
+byteorder of the new datatype.
+
+.. c:macro:: NPY_IGNORE
+
+.. c:macro:: NPY_SWAP
+
+.. c:macro:: NPY_NATIVE
+
+.. c:macro:: NPY_LITTLE
+
+.. c:macro:: NPY_BIG
+
Flag checking
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -2836,15 +2849,6 @@ Data-type descriptors
*newendian*. All referenced data-type objects (in subdescr and
fields members of the data-type object) are also changed
(recursively).
-
- The value of *newendian* is one of these macros:
-
- .. c:macro:: NPY_IGNORE
- NPY_SWAP
- NPY_NATIVE
- NPY_LITTLE
- NPY_BIG
-
If a byteorder of :c:data:`NPY_IGNORE` is encountered it
is left alone. If newendian is :c:data:`NPY_SWAP`, then all byte-orders
are swapped. Other valid newendian values are :c:data:`NPY_NATIVE`,