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@@ -111,10 +111,11 @@ PyArray_OBJECT.
PyArray_SimpleNew(nd, dims, typenum) is a drop-in replacement for
PyArray_FromDims (except it takes intp* dims instead of int* dims which
- matters on 64-bit systems).
+ matters on 64-bit systems) and it does not initialize
+ the memory to zero.
PyArray_SimpleNew is just a macro for PyArray_New with default arguments.
-
+Use PyArray_FILLWBYTE(arr, 0) to fill with zeros.
The PyArray_FromDims and family of functions are still available and
are loose wrappers around this function. These functions still take