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| author | cookedm <cookedm@localhost> | 2008-04-18 06:42:49 +0000 |
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| committer | cookedm <cookedm@localhost> | 2008-04-18 06:42:49 +0000 |
| commit | 44e4ead674e12013b4e34b5a99f545fab64116e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 37dc3b2fbd6969b3f0922491709b6f245adbb98c /numpy | |
| parent | e653089a814b89dc73c08123ded75af4d3b37d17 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-44e4ead674e12013b4e34b5a99f545fab64116e3.tar.gz | |
Add comments to numerictypes.py about what the 'kind' field of dtypes can be
(Also see the DtypesKind page on the numpy wiki)
Diffstat (limited to 'numpy')
| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/core/numerictypes.py | 29 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/numerictypes.py b/numpy/core/numerictypes.py index 63d30013b..ae0b57eec 100644 --- a/numpy/core/numerictypes.py +++ b/numpy/core/numerictypes.py @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Exported symbols include: As part of the type-hierarchy: xx -- is bit-width generic - +-> bool_ - +-> number + +-> bool_ (kind=b) + +-> number (kind=i) | integer | signedinteger (intxx) | byte @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Exported symbols include: | intp int0 | int_ | longlong - +-> unsignedinteger (uintxx) + +-> unsignedinteger (uintxx) (kind=u) | ubyte | ushort | uintc @@ -56,23 +56,21 @@ Exported symbols include: | uint_ | ulonglong +-> inexact - | +-> floating (floatxx) + | +-> floating (floatxx) (kind=f) | | single | | float_ (double) | | longfloat - | \-> complexfloating (complexxx) + | \-> complexfloating (complexxx) (kind=c) | csingle (singlecomplex) | complex_ (cfloat, cdouble) | clongfloat (longcomplex) +-> flexible | character - | str_ (string_) - | unicode_ - | void + | str_ (string_) (kind=S) + | unicode_ (kind=U) + | void (kind=V) | - \-> object_ (not used much) - -$Id: numerictypes.py,v 1.17 2005/09/09 22:20:06 teoliphant Exp $ + \-> object_ (not used much) (kind=O) """ # we add more at the bottom @@ -579,6 +577,15 @@ typecodes = {'Character':'c', typeDict = sctypeDict typeNA = sctypeNA +# b -> boolean +# u -> unsigned integer +# i -> signed integer +# f -> floating point +# c -> complex +# S -> string +# U -> Unicode string +# V -> record +# O -> Python object _kind_list = ['b', 'u', 'i', 'f', 'c', 'S', 'U', 'V', 'O'] __test_types = typecodes['AllInteger'][:-2]+typecodes['AllFloat']+'O' |