Hi,
> The variable-length string dtypes are not builtin. The user-defined
> lengths make them user-defined dtypes.
Right - but I was failing to understand, from the code, how '0' rather
than '2' could result. Have I missed something?
> If you want a real kick in the pants, try playing with dtyp
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 15:04, Matthew Brett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was just trying to write a docstring for np.dtype.isbuiltin, when I
> realized I didn't understand it.
>
> As far as I can see, isbuitin should return:
>
> 0 for structured array dtypes
> 1 for types compiled into numpy
> 2 for extens
Hi,
I was just trying to write a docstring for np.dtype.isbuiltin, when I
realized I didn't understand it.
As far as I can see, isbuitin should return:
0 for structured array dtypes
1 for types compiled into numpy
2 for extension types using the numpy C-API type extension machinery.
Here's the