[Numpy-discussion] PR 14966: Adding a new argument to np.asfarray

[Joseph Fox-Rabinovitz]

Hi,

I've submitted PR #14966, which makes a couple of small, backward
compatible, changes to the API of `asfarray`:

1. Added `copy` parameter that defaults to `False`
2. Added `None` option to the `dtype` parameter

Item #1 is inspired by situations like the one in Stack Overflow question
https://stackoverflow.com/q/58998475/2988730. Sometimes, you just need to
ensure a copy, and it's nice not to have to check things like if
`asfarray(x) is x: x = x.copy()`.

Item #2 solves the problem of trying to do `asfarray(x, dtype=x.dtype)` for
`x` that don't have a `dtype` attribute, like lists or tuples. I've made
every effort to make `dtype` and `copy` play together nicely.

On an unrelated note, I've also submitted #14967 to clean up the internals
of `mintypecode` a little in the same file.

Regards,

- Joe
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