========= Utilities ========= Dealing with pointers ===================== These functions can be called from pure Python as well as in :term:`nopython mode`. .. function:: numba.carray(ptr, shape, dtype=None) Return a Numpy array view over the data pointed to by *ptr* with the given *shape*, in C order. If *dtype* is given, it is used as the array's dtype, otherwise the array's dtype is inferred from *ptr*'s type. As the returned array is a view, not a copy, writing to it will modify the original data. *ptr* should be a ctypes pointer object (either a typed pointer as created using :func:`~ctypes.POINTER`, or a :class:`~ctypes.c_void_p`). *shape* should be an integer or a tuple of integers. *dtype* should be a Numpy dtype or scalar class (i.e. both ``np.dtype('int8')`` and ``np.int8`` are accepted). .. function:: numba.farray(ptr, shape, dtype=None) Same as :func:`~numba.carray`, but the data is assumed to be laid out in Fortran order, and the array view is constructed accordingly.