This post describes a few protocols taking shape in the scientific Python community. On their own, each is powerful. Together, I think they enable for an explosion of creativity in the community. Each of the protocols / interfaces we’ll consider deal with extending. NEP-13: NumPy __array_ufunc__ NEP-18: NumPy __array_function__ Pandas Extension types Custom Dask Collections First, a bit of brief background on each. NEP-13 and NEP-18, each deal with using the NumPy API on non-NumPy ndarray o...
