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diff --git a/numpy/add_newdocs.py b/numpy/add_newdocs.py index 38da1f0b3..316b38e77 100644 --- a/numpy/add_newdocs.py +++ b/numpy/add_newdocs.py @@ -3060,9 +3060,17 @@ add_newdoc('numpy.core.multiarray', 'ndarray', ('size', """ Number of elements in the array. - Equivalent to ``np.prod(a.shape)``, i.e., the product of the array's + Equal to ``np.prod(a.shape)``, i.e., the product of the array's dimensions. + Notes + ----- + `a.size` returns a standard arbitrary precision Python integer. This + may not be the case with other methods of obtaining the same value + (like the suggested ``np.prod(a.shape)``, which returns an instance + of ``np.int_``), and may be relevant if the value is used further in + calculations that may overflow a fixed size integer type. + Examples -------- >>> x = np.zeros((3, 5, 2), dtype=np.complex128) |