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12 changes: 4 additions & 8 deletions src/array_api_stubs/_draft/creation_functions.py
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Expand Up @@ -100,14 +100,6 @@ def asarray(

Default: ``None``.

.. admonition:: Note
:class: note

If ``dtype`` is not ``None``, then array conversions should obey :ref:`type-promotion` rules. Conversions not specified according to :ref:`type-promotion` rules may or may not be permitted by a conforming array library. To perform an explicit cast, use :func:`array_api.astype`.

.. note::
If an input value exceeds the precision of the resolved output array data type, behavior is left unspecified and, thus, implementation-defined.

device: Optional[device]
device on which to place the created array. If ``device`` is ``None`` and ``obj`` is an array, the output array device must be inferred from ``obj``. Default: ``None``.
copy: Optional[bool]
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Notes
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- If ``obj`` is a sequence with some elements being arrays, behavior is unspecified and thus implementation-defined. Conforming implementations may perform a conversion or raise an exception. To join a sequence of arrays along a new axis, see :func:`~array_api.stack`.
- If ``dtype`` is not ``None``, then array conversions should obey :ref:`type-promotion` rules. Conversions not specified according to :ref:`type-promotion` rules may or may not be permitted by a conforming array library. To perform an explicit cast, use :func:`array_api.astype`.
- If an input value exceeds the precision of the resolved output array data type, behavior is unspecified and thus implementation-defined.

.. versionchanged:: 2022.12
Added complex data type support.
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