DOC: warn that dtype.descr is only for use in PEP3118 #8174
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Thanks Allan. |
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This doesn't look right to me - PEP3118 doesn't say anything about |
eric-wieser
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| The format is that required by the 'descr' key in the | ||
| `__array_interface__` attribute. | ||
| PEP3118 `__array_interface__` attribute. |
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__array_interface__ is defined as part of https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.15.1/reference/arrays.interface.html, not PEP3118.
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Hmm, OK, I may have misunderstood.
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This just makes the description of
dtype.descra little scarier so people don't use it when they shouldn't.See for example #7790 #8160, also problems like #2215.