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+"""
+Create the numpy.core.multiarray namespace for backward compatibility. In v1.16
+the multiarray and umath c-extension modules were merged into a single
+_multiarray_umath extension module. So we replicate the old namespace
+by importing from the extension module.
+"""
+
from . import _multiarray_umath
from numpy.core._multiarray_umath import *
from numpy.core._multiarray_umath import (_fastCopyAndTranspose, _flagdict, _insert,