[Numpy-discussion] how to get info about internals of an arrayobject ?

[Travis Oliphant]

Albert Strasheim wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: numpy-discussion-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:numpy-
>> discussion-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Sebastian Haase
>> Sent: 15 September 2006 03:21
>> To: numpy-discussion
>> Subject: [Numpy-discussion] how to get info about internals of an
>> arrayobject ?
>>
>> Hi,
>> what I'm asking is if numpy has an equivalent to numarray's info()
>> function:
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>> This was always helpful to me when debugging C binding code.
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>> Especially I'm asking if there is any way to get the memory address of an
>> array - for debugging purposes only - of course ;-)
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> numpy.array([]).__array_interface__['data'][0]
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Or

numpy.ctypes._as_parameter_

(should work even if you don't have ctypes installed)

-Travis