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This PR reworks dpnp.flatiter (dpnp.ndarray.flat) indexing so it aligns with NumPy's flat-iterator semantics, which were tightened in NumPy 2.4.

Previously dpnp.ndarray.flat accepted only a single integer index and raised TypeError for everything else. Indexing now delegates to regular array indexing of the flattened array, so it supports the full set of flat index types and matches NumPy's error behavior.

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Array API standard conformance tests for dpnp=0.21.0dev8=py314ha0e2e8e_49 ran successfully.
Passed: 1376
Failed: 0
Skipped: 6

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Support slices, ellipsis, empty tuple, and integer/boolean array indices
in flatiter __getitem__/__setitem__, reusing regular array indexing for
validation. Reject numpy.newaxis (None), raise IndexError for
out-of-bounds integer array indices, and reject assignment with a 0-D
index, matching NumPy (gh-28590). Return copies from __getitem__ rather
than views.

SAT-8204
Cover slices, ellipsis, empty tuple, integer/boolean array indices,
newaxis rejection, out-of-bounds, non-contiguous write-back, and
copy-not-view semantics. Cross-check against NumPy where behavior is
shared, and gate NumPy 2.4-only cases (numpy-gh-28590) with
testing.with_requires.
Match numpy's np.put-style cycling when a flat assignment value is
shorter than the selection (dpnp.put broadcasts instead). Enable the
previously-disabled slice/ellipsis/empty-tuple parametrizations in the
cupy flatiter iterate tests, and drop the IndexError cases that became
valid indices in numpy 2.4 (numpy-gh-28590).
Expand the flatiter and ndarray.flat docstrings to align with NumPy,
documenting supported basic and advanced indexing and adding See Also
and Examples sections. Fix a broken dpnp.flat cross-reference in the
ndarray.flatten docstring.
Resolve a scalar integer or slice flat index to positions directly
instead of allocating arange(size) and indexing it, so a single-element
or slice assignment no longer materializes a full index array.
A 1-D flat iterator takes a single index, so unwrap a 1-element index
tuple to its element before validation. This makes an out-of-bounds
array index wrapped in a tuple (e.g. arr.flat[(array([5]),)]) raise
IndexError as in NumPy, instead of silently wrapping.
Validate an out-of-bounds flat index by inspecting the raw index on the
host (numpy) when it is not already a device array, instead of always
uploading it via dpnp.asarray and reducing on device. Add tests for
usm_ndarray and empty index keys.
A scalar flat index targets a single element, so assigning an array
(ndim >= 1) value now raises ValueError to match NumPy and dpnp's own
scalar element assignment, instead of silently taking the first value.
Gate the single-item array-assignment test on numpy>=2.4 (the 0-d array
index only raises there), and remove the numpy>=2.4 gate from the
boolean-mask and array-out-of-bounds tests, which already behave
identically on older NumPy.
A flat iterator is 1-D and takes a single index, so a tuple with more
than one element (e.g. arr.flat[..., 2]) now raises IndexError as in
NumPy, instead of silently absorbing the extra dimensions and, for
setitem, mutating the array.
Catch only TypeError/ValueError from numpy.asarray when resolving a
flat index for bounds-checking, so unexpected errors propagate. Add a
ragged-index test covering the fallback.
Fold tuple-unwrap and invalid-key rejection into _normalize_key (called
by getitem/setitem), inline the single-use flat view, and abbreviate a
comment.
A boolean flat index is only valid as an ndarray mask; a boolean scalar
(True/False or 0-d bool array) or a boolean list now raises IndexError,
matching NumPy (gh-28590) and avoiding a whole-array overwrite on
assignment. Re-enable the boolean-scalar case in the cupy iterate
IndexError tests and add dpnp tests for the rejected forms.
Gate the single-element-tuple and tuple-wrapped out-of-bounds tests on
numpy>=2.4, since tuple indexing of a flat iterator became valid only in
NumPy 2.4 (numpy-gh-28590). Assert the iterated element count so an
early-stop __next__ regression is caught despite zip truncation.
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Single-element tuple indexing and tuple-wrapped out-of-bounds already
behave the same on NumPy 2.0, so drop the unnecessary numpy>=2.4 gate to
keep the tests running on the older-NumPy CI leg.
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antonwolfy and others added 7 commits September 11, 2026 13:18
- __getitem__: add a scalar fast path that resolves the multi-index and
  indexes the array directly, avoiding a reshape (which copies a
  non-contiguous array) per element during iteration.
- _validate_key: drop the isinstance(int) clause subsumed by the
  __index__ check, and simplify the boolean guard (bool/tuple were
  unreachable); reject a boolean mask whose size does not match.
- __setitem__: resolve a boolean mask via dpnp.nonzero instead of
  arange(size)[mask], avoiding the full-size index buffer.
- tests: cover negative and non-contiguous scalar get, multiple bool
  mask input types, and a wrong-size bool mask.
NumPy only rejects a size-mismatched boolean flat index since 2.4
(numpy-gh-28590); on older NumPy it treats the mask as integer indices,
so gate the test to avoid a failure on the numpy 2.0 CI leg.
An empty boolean flat index selects nothing (get returns an empty array,
set is a no-op) in NumPy, so exempt a zero-size mask from the size-match
check instead of raising. Add a test.
Dedupe the scalar index normalization/bounds-check shared by
__getitem__ and __setitem__ into _scalar_pos, replace a chained
comparison with a clearer form, and rename a boolean-mask variable.
The scalar-int early return is bounds-checked later by _scalar_pos, not
by regular indexing.
dpnp validates a fancy index even when the assigned value is empty,
raising IndexError where NumPy no-ops; add a dpnp-only test to lock in
this intentional divergence.
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dpnp.put(a, idx, val)

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Calling dpnp.put prevents memory overlap while NumPy allows it

In [10]: a = dpnp.arange(6)

In [11]: a_np = numpy.arange(6)

In [12]: a.flat[:-1] = a[1:]

ValueError: Arrays index overlapping segments of memory

In [13]: a_np.flat[:-1] = a_np[1:]

In [14]: a[:-1] = a[1:]  # setitem works

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dpnp.ndarray.flat setitem is built on dpnp.put, which rejects overlapping memory by design, so this is consistent with the rest of dpnp rather than a flat-specific gap.

Matching NumPy here isn't cleanly feasible either: NumPy's flat setitem cascades on a backward overlap (a.flat[1:] = a[:-1] -> [0,0,0,0,0,0]), which a gather/scatter put can't reproduce; the only workaround (copying the value) yields snapshot semantics that match NumPy's regular assignment but not its flat behavior.

Given that, I'd prefer to keep raising a clear error rather than add a masked copy that still diverges.

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A flat iterator is 1-D, so a boolean mask with ndim > 1 is too many
indices and now raises IndexError as in NumPy, instead of silently
writing wrong positions (the setitem path used nonzero(mask)[0], i.e.
only the first-axis indices). Add a test.
Advanced indexing already allocates a fresh array, so an unconditional
.copy() doubled the allocation. Copy only when the result aliases the
source (shares the base allocation `_pointer`), i.e. a basic-index view.
Extend the copy-semantics test to cover a non-contiguous source.
The previous commit compared usm_ndarray._pointer, which is adjusted to
the first element, so a slice view (non-zero offset) compared unequal to
its source and the copy was wrongly skipped, leaking a writable view.
Compare usm_data._pointer (the offset-independent allocation base)
instead, matching what "same underlying buffer" actually means.
Passing sycl_queue/usm_type to dpnp.asarray() silently migrated a value
or boolean mask that lived on another queue, so flat setitem accepted
cross-queue inputs that regular assignment, dpnp.put and flat getitem all
reject. Add a _asarray_cfd helper that keeps a device array on its own
queue (letting the downstream put/nonzero raise ExecutionPlacementError)
and only places a host input on the iterator's queue.
Rename the setitem coercion helper to _as_dpnp_array and return a
dpnp_array unchanged (wrapping a usm_ndarray without a copy), trimming
its comment. Move the cross-queue negative test out of test_flat into
test_sycl_queue as test_flat_setitem_diff_queue, and add positive
persistence tests: test_flat in test_sycl_queue (queue stays with the
input across flat get/setitem) and test_flat in test_usm_type (slice
keeps the usm type, advanced index coerces, setitem preserves it).
dpnp.put broadcasts size-0/1 (and 0-d) values across the target indices,
matching NumPy's flatiter assignment which cycles a value iterator that
resets when exhausted (a 1-element value fills the whole selection). So
cycling a size-1 value built an arange(n) + modulo + gather for a result
put already produces. Cycle only for a genuine mismatch (val.size not in
(0, 1, n)) and add a test pinning the size-1/0-d broadcast to NumPy.
_normalize_key already raises for any boolean key, so key is never a
bool at the scalar fast path; the extra `not isinstance(key, bool)`
(guarding against bool being an int subclass) can never fire. Replace it
with `isinstance(key, int)` in getitem and setitem, noting why.
_validate_key already materializes and bounds-checks the index array for
an integer-array key, so return it (renaming _normalize_key to
_prepare_key, which now yields both the key and its positions). The
setitem integer-array path passes that idx straight to dpnp.put, whose
mode="wrap" resolves the in-range negatives, instead of building a
size-sized arange and gathering into it; arange is now only the fallback
for ellipsis or an unrecognized key. Add a test covering an integer-array
index with a per-element value for both positive and negative positions.
NumPy says the boolean index did not match the "indexed flat iterator"
along axis 0; dpnp said "indexed array". Align the message and assert it
in test_flat_bool_mask_wrong_size.
The flat entry covered only indexing; the branch also fixes assignment
(compute-follows-data, boolean-mask writes, value cycling/broadcast, and
the 0-D-index rejection).
Cover cases the suite missed: value cycling over a longer selection
(n>1), an in-bounds empty selection with an empty value, a non-integer
array index (the validate return-None path), setitem via a 1-element
tuple, and the slice-setitem queue-placement path in test_sycl_queue.
The slice and fallback paths read a.size while the rest of the class
uses the cached self._size; standardize on self._size.
Use self[self._i] and self._i += 1 instead of the explicit __getitem__
call and rebind.
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Ready for the next review round. Since the last one:

  • Addressed all outstanding review comments: the redundant full-size copy in getitem, compute-follows-data in setitem (value and mask), value cycling now deferred to dpnp.put's broadcast, the dead bool guard on the scalar fast path, and reuse of the validated index array instead of rebuilding arange(size).
  • Ran a full self-review pass on top: aligned the wrong-size boolean-mask error message with NumPy, expanded test coverage (n>1 cycling, in-bounds empty selection, non-integer array index, 1-element-tuple assignment, and queue/usm_type placement in test_sycl_queue/test_usm_type), noted the assignment fixes in the changelog, and minor tidy-ups.
  • Verified the numpy>=2.4 gates against numpy 2.0.2: all are required and no ungated test needs a floor.

All flatiter tests pass locally.

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