The stars all aligned properly and some of the steering committee suggested we put together a quick brainstorming session over what to do with dtypes. About 20 people joined in the discussion which was very productive. We began with user stories and design requirements, and asked some present to spend 5 minutes and create a straw-man implementation of what their dream dtype implementation would contain. The resulting document https://github.com/numpy/numpy/wiki/Dtype-Brainstorming will serve as the basis for a future NEP and more work toward a better, user-extensible dtype.

More comments are welcome, the discussion is only at the beginning stages.

Matti
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