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| author | Charles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com> | 2023-05-13 11:02:49 -0600 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-05-13 11:02:49 -0600 |
| commit | 5187067d7ad176ee3614beab2b99a524dd719aa8 (patch) | |
| tree | 907997d0c294f550193322aaa73237c1a7bcfaa6 /doc/release/upcoming_changes/22963.new_feature.rst | |
| parent | b786189222ac5bf2f4efbb04399261f7f760bc18 (diff) | |
| parent | 81caed6e3c34c4bf4b22b4f6167e816ba2a3f73c (diff) | |
| download | numpy-5187067d7ad176ee3614beab2b99a524dd719aa8.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'main' into deprecate-find-common-type
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diff --git a/doc/release/upcoming_changes/22963.new_feature.rst b/doc/release/upcoming_changes/22963.new_feature.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..88ec3f641 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release/upcoming_changes/22963.new_feature.rst @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +String dtype instances can be created from the string abstract dtype classes +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +It is now possible to create a string dtype instance with a size without +using the string name of the dtype. For example, ``type(np.dtype('U'))(8)`` +will create a dtype that is equivalent to ``np.dtype('U8')``. This feature +is most useful when writing generic code dealing with string dtype +classes. |