NumPy documentation

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Getting started

• What is NumPy?
• Installation
• NumPy quickstart
• NumPy: the absolute basics for beginners

Fundamentals and usage

• NumPy fundamentals

• NumPy for MATLAB users
• NumPy tutorials
• NumPy how-tos

Advanced usage and interoperability

• Using NumPy C-API
• F2PY user guide and reference manual
• Under-the-hood documentation for developers
• Interoperability with NumPy

Extras

• Glossary
• Release notes
• NumPy 2.0 migration guide
• NumPy license
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NumPy reference

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• NumPy’s module structure
• Array objects
• Universal functions (ufunc)
• Routines and objects by topic
• Typing (numpy.typing)
• Packaging
• NumPy C-API
• Array API standard compatibility
• CPU/SIMD optimizations
• Thread Safety
• Global Configuration Options
• NumPy security
• Testing guidelines
• Status of numpy.distutils and migration advice
• numpy.distutils user guide
• NumPy and SWIG

Building from source

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• Compiler selection and customizing a build
• BLAS and LAPACK
• Cross compilation
• Building redistributable binaries

• Understanding Meson
• Introspecting build steps
• Meson and distutils ways of doing things

Contributing to NumPy

 

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• Setting up and using your development environment
• Building the NumPy API and reference docs
• Development workflow
• Advanced debugging tools
• Using GitHub Codespaces for NumPy development
• Reviewer guidelines
• NumPy benchmarks
• NumPy C style guide
• For downstream package authors
• Releasing a version
• NumPy governance
• How to contribute to the NumPy documentation