Hi, Just another perspective. base' and 'data' in PyArrayObject are two separate variables.
base can point to any PyObject, but it is `data` that defines where data is accessed in memory. 1. There is no clear way to pickle a pointer (`data`) in a meaningful way. In order for `data` member to make sense we still need to 'readout' the values stored at `data` pointer in the pickle. 2. By definition base is not necessary a numpy array but it is just some other object for managing the memory. 3. One can surely pickle the `base` object as a reference, but it is useless if the data memory has been reconstructed independently during unpickling. 4. Unless there is clear way to notify the referencing numpy array of the new data pointer. There probably isn't. BTW, is the stride information is lost during pickling, too? The behavior shall probably be documented if not yet. Yu On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Matthew Harrigan > <harrigan.matt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It seems pickle keeps track of references for basic python types. >> >> x = [1] >> y = [x] >> x,y = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps((x,y))) >> x.append(2) >> print(y) >> >>> [[1,2]] >> >> Numpy arrays are different but references are forgotten after >> pickle/unpickle. Shared objects do not remain shared. Based on the quote >> below it could be considered bug with numpy/pickle. > > Not a bug, but an explicit design decision on numpy's part. > > -- > Robert Kern > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
