Add specification for explicitly casting an array to a specified dtype #290
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astype
API for explicitly casting an array to a specified dtype.astype
name to mirror the NumPy array object methodx.astype()
.copy
kwarg to allow returning the input array iffcopy
isFalse
and the specifieddtype
matches the data type of the input array. Every library except TensorFlow supports this kwarg. During the consortium meeting on 21 October 2021, TF supported including thecopy
kwarg in the specification.asarray
to only require support for conversions following type promotion rules described in this specification. With the addition ofastype
, overloadingasarray
with comprehensive casting semantics for input arrays is not necessary.Prior Art
cast
: only supports providing adtype
argument.x.astype
: supportsorder
,casting
, andcopy
kwargs.x.astype
: supportsorder
andcopy
kwargs.x.astype
: supportscasting
andcopy
kwargs.to
: supportscopy
anddevice
kwargs.x.astype
: supportscopy
kwarg.