diff --git a/spec/draft/design_topics/copies_views_and_mutation.rst b/spec/draft/design_topics/copies_views_and_mutation.rst index 52be1c805..1ca5a039c 100644 --- a/spec/draft/design_topics/copies_views_and_mutation.rst +++ b/spec/draft/design_topics/copies_views_and_mutation.rst @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Copy-view behaviour and mutability .. admonition:: Mutating views :class: important - Array API consumers are *strongly* advised to avoid *any* mutating operations when an array object may be either a "view" (i.e., an array whose data refers to memory that belongs to another array) or own memory of which one or more other array objects may be views. This admonition may become more strict in the future (e.g., this specification may require that view mutation be prohibited and trigger an exception). Accordingly, only perform mutation operations (e.g., in-place assignment) when absolutely confident that array data belongs to one, and only one, array object. + Array API consumers are *strongly* advised to avoid *any* mutating operations when an array object may either be a "view" (i.e., an array whose data refers to memory that belongs to another array) or own memory of which one or more other array objects may be views. This admonition may become more strict in the future (e.g., this specification may require that view mutation be prohibited and trigger an exception). Accordingly, only perform mutation operations (e.g., in-place assignment) when absolutely confident that array data belongs to one, and only one, array object. Strided array implementations (e.g. NumPy, PyTorch, CuPy, MXNet) typically have the concept of a "view", meaning an array containing data in memory that