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@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ core ndarray. This system is highly flexible, allowing NAs to be used
with any underlying dtype, and supports creating multiple views of the same
data with different choices of NAs.
+.. note:: The NA API is *experimental*, and may undergo changes in future
+ versions of NumPy. The current implementation based on masks will likely be
+ supplemented by a second one based on bit-patterns, and it is possible that
+ a difference will be made between missing and ignored data.
+
Other Missing Data Approaches
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