[Numpy-discussion] What does Fortran order mean?

[Charles R H. <cha...@gm...>]

Travis,

I note that

>>> a = arange(6).reshape(2,3,order='F')
>>> a
array([[0, 1, 2],
       [3, 4, 5]])

Shouldn't that be 3x2? Or maybe [[0,2,4],[1,3,5]]? Reshape is making a copy,
but flat, flatten, and tostring all show the elements in 'C' order. I ask
because I wonder if changing the order can be used to prepare arrays for
input into the LaPack routines.

Chuck