diff --git a/docs/source/overview.rst b/docs/source/overview.rst index 118c9b7..ad20e4d 100644 --- a/docs/source/overview.rst +++ b/docs/source/overview.rst @@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ For example, an integer array of size three is:: 3 * int In this type, 3 is is a ``fixed`` dimension, which means it is a dimension -whose size is always as given. Other dimension types include ``strided`` -and ``var``. +whose size is always as given. Other dimension types include ``var``. Comparing with NumPy, the array created by ``np.empty((2, 3), 'int32')`` has datashape ``2 * 3 * int32``. diff --git a/docs/source/types.rst b/docs/source/types.rst index 5dcc7d6..80ae29b 100644 --- a/docs/source/types.rst +++ b/docs/source/types.rst @@ -28,18 +28,6 @@ Var Dimension A dimension whose size may be different across instances. A common use of this is a ragged array like ``4 * var * int32``. -Strided Dimension ------------------ - -``strided`` - -A dimension whose size is fixed across the array, but whose -size is no known ahead of time. This is not commonly used in Blaze, -but is in DyND where it is how NumPy-like dimensions are created. -For example, a two dimensional strided array has type -``strided * strided * int32``, and does not bake in particular -dimension sizes like with fixed dimensions in ``10 * 15 * int32``. - Type Variables --------------