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narrower dtypes in `numpy.lib._function_base_impl`

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5/5
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Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
developer-experience

Research direction

Start in the numpy.lib._function_base_impl stubs and review the unchecked functions listed in the issue, noting how their current dtype annotations are specified. The work is complete when the listed functions have appropriately narrower dtypes, while corrcoef and cov remain coordinated with #526.

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stubs: Enhancement topic: shape-typing
  • angle
  • append
  • asarray_chkfinite
  • average
  • bartlett
  • bincount
  • blackman
  • copy
  • corrcoef - #526
  • cov - #526
  • delete
  • diff
  • digitize
  • extract
  • flip
  • gradient
  • hamming
  • hanning
  • i0
  • insert
  • interp
  • iterable
  • kaiser
  • median
  • meshgrid
  • percentile
  • piecewise
  • place
  • quantile
  • rot90
  • select
  • sinc
  • sort_complex
  • trapezoid
  • trapz
  • trim_zeros
  • unwrap
  • vectorize
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