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diff --git a/numpy/doc/glossary.py b/numpy/doc/glossary.py index 3770f5761..f856a742b 100644 --- a/numpy/doc/glossary.py +++ b/numpy/doc/glossary.py @@ -284,7 +284,12 @@ Glossary ndarray See *array*. - + + record array + An `ndarray`_ with `structured data type`_ which has been subclassed as + np.recarray and whose dtype is of type np.record, making the + fields of its data type to be accessible by attribute. + reference If ``a`` is a reference to ``b``, then ``(a is b) == True``. Therefore, ``a`` and ``b`` are different names for the same Python object. @@ -345,7 +350,10 @@ Glossary >>> x[:, 1] array([2, 4]) - + + structured data type + A data type composed of other datatypes + tuple A sequence that may contain a variable number of types of any kind. A tuple is immutable, i.e., once constructed it cannot be |