Add subclass for decompressed arrays
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 211
- Forks
- 58
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Description
Following [this comment](https://github.com/data-apis/array-api/discussions/968#discussioncomment-14350012), add a thinly wrapped native Blosc2 class for decompressed arrays, which are currently just plain NumPy arrays. Would have to support certain additional operations and comparisons (``==``, ``__array_namespace__()``), but it will inherit most of the useful machinery directly from NumPy.
Would have to change ``np.empty`` references for loading slices etc. from C functions in the code base, possibly some other things.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing how decompressed arrays are created and where C functions use np.empty when loading slices. Review the existing native Blosc2 and NumPy array machinery before defining the subclass behavior. Done means decompressed arrays support ==, __array_namespace__(), the required additional operations and comparisons, with affected loading paths updated.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- numpy, python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100