[Matrix-SIG] extending an array

[hinsen@dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr]

> Is it possible to extend an array "in place"?

No.

> Reshape does not do that but resize creates always a copy.
> Is there something that behaves like a C realloc?

Even C realloc doesn't guarantee an extension in place; it might as well
allocate a new memory block and copy the data. I suppose one could somehow
provide access to the realloc operation in NumPy, but I am not sure that
it makes much sense.

Konrad.
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