Hi, I don't know if that was raised or not, but in np1.7b2 doing this fail with this error message: PyArray_BYTES(obj)=ptr file:lne_number:offset: error: lvalue required as left operatnd of assignment. I tried with PyArray_DATA(obj)=ptr and this also fail. Do you want to remove this feature now? I would think this change will be done at the same time as the one related to the macro NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API. If I missed the discussion about this, tell me. thanks Fred