What do you mean by "item" in an array? Usually, when I refer to an
"item" in the array, I'm talking about getting a particular element of
the array.
In fact, I have a multi-dimensional array, and the last dimension is the vector I want to get (I needed it for tests for my dense deformation field I asked about on the scipy user list). So it's not a particular element, it's a group of elements.
It would appear that you are trying to get a "sub-array" or "sub-space"
of the array because you are using partial indexing.
Yes, that's what I really want to do in this case.
Let me know if there is more clarification needed. The relevant code
is in the function fancy_indexing_check in arrayobject.c of the source code.