[Numpy-discussion] "expected a single-segment buffer object"

[Robert Kern]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:33, Anne Archibald <peridot.faceted at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/7/9 Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com>:
>
>> Because that's just what a buffer= argument *is*. It is not a place
>> for presenting the starting pointer to exotically-strided memory. Use
>> __array_interface__s to describe the full range of representable
>> memory. See below.
>
> Aha! Is this stuff documented somewhere?

_The Guide to Numpy_, section 3.1.4.

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Robert Kern

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