[Numpy-discussion] Re: NEP 55 - Add a UTF-8 Variable-Width String DType to NumPy

I see: thank you for the explanations! On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 3:04 PM Nathan <nathan.goldbaum@gmail.com> wrote:

Stringdtyoe arrays don’t intern python strings directly, there’s always a copy.

I had been thinking of accepting a memoryview without copying, but if there's always a copy in any case, that answers my question about ownership. -- Jim