[Numpy-discussion] FYI: New "select-multiple-fields" behavior

[Travis E. Oliphant]

Stéfan van der Walt wrote:
> Hi Travis
>
> 2009/2/12 Travis E. Oliphant <oliphant at enthought.com>:
>   
>> ary['field1', 'field3']  raises an error
>> ary[['field1', 'field3']] is the correct spelling and returns a copy of
>> the data in those fields in a new array.
>>     
>
> Is there absolutely no way of returning the result as a view?
>   
Not that I can think of --- it does match advanced indexing semantics to 
have it be a copy.

-Travis

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