[New-bugs-announce] [issue41223] `object`-backed `memoryview`'s `tolist` errors

[jakirkham]

New submission from jakirkham <jakirkham at gmail.com>:

When working with an `object`-backed `memoryview`, it seems we are unable to coerce it to a `list`. This would be useful as it would provide a way to get the underlying `object`'s into something a bit easier to work with.

```
In [1]: import numpy                                                            

In [2]: a = numpy.array(["abc", "def", "ghi"], dtype=object)                    

In [3]: m = memoryview(a)                                                       

In [4]: m.tolist()                                                              
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NotImplementedError                       Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-42400a31add8> in <module>
----> 1 m.tolist()

NotImplementedError: memoryview: format O not supported
```

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messages: 373175
nosy: jakirkham
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: `object`-backed `memoryview`'s `tolist` errors
versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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