Make a.diagonal() writeable.
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Description
The ndarray.diagonal method currently returns a view, but it is not writeable. It is documented to return a writeable view in 1.10.
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Research direction
Start by locating the ndarray.diagonal implementation and its related tests. Check how the returned view's writeability is determined, compare it with the documented 1.10 behavior, and verify that assigning through the diagonal view works as expected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100