Use the builtin BufferError for the buffer API
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Description
Python provides and documents that the builtin BufferError should be used in the buffer interface, but numpy currently uses ValueErrors exclusively. This may be limited to the "get buffer" functionality, or might also be relevant for some other funcitons (I did not check yet).
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Research direction
Start by tracing NumPy's buffer API, especially the get-buffer functionality, and compare its current ValueError paths with Python's documented BufferError behavior. Check whether other buffer-related functions are affected; done means the relevant interface errors use BufferError and the affected paths are covered by tests.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100