[Numpy-discussion] Handling methods of object-arrays

Hi all, What is the exact protocol for evaluating functions like "real" and "imag" on object arrays? For example, I'm looking at x = np.array([np.array(3+1j), np.array(4+1j)], dtype=object) For which both In [4]: x.real Out[4]: array([(3+1j), (4+1j)], dtype=object) and In [6]: np.real(x) Out[6]: array([(3+1j), (4+1j)], dtype=object) does nothing, so that I have to do In [8]: [np.real(e) for e in x] Out[8]: [array(3.0), array(4.0)] or [e.real for e in x]. Would it make sense make np.real aware of the above scenario? Regards Stéfan