On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:13:18 -0400, Allan Haldane wrote: > I would be much more in favor of `copy` eliminating padding in the > dtype, if dtypes with different paddings were considered equivalent. > But they are not.
This, and the simplicity arguments, are fair points. Option (1) seems like the safer option, then, although I'm still not sure we should "sign a contract" to maintain exact byte-for-byte equivalence. Stéfan _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion