NumPy Internals: An Introduction

The world under the covers

Introduction

This is a short article on how NumPy handles arrays internally. It is considered an advanced topic and deep understanding is not strictly required for many NumPy casual users. However, my belief is that knowing fundamental NumPy concepts is useful regardless if you are using NumPy directly or indirectly, e.g. through pandas. It is not only about satisfying personal curiosity, but more about fine tuning performance when arrays …

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