From 7b3df2af7e4c5abcf0320747ff37d233fdad3273 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eugene M <ymatviych@bnl.gov>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 10:25:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: add alias to_numpy_descr to BuiltinDtype

---
 tiled/server/pydantic_array.py | 3 +++
 tiled/structures/array.py      | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tiled/server/pydantic_array.py b/tiled/server/pydantic_array.py
index 2c37a51dc..be92991cf 100644
--- a/tiled/server/pydantic_array.py
+++ b/tiled/server/pydantic_array.py
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ def to_numpy_str(self):
         # we need to divide by 4.
         size = self.itemsize if self.kind != Kind.unicode else self.itemsize // 4
         return f"{endianness}{self.kind.value}{size}{self.dt_units or ''}"
+    
+    def to_numpy_descr(self):
+        return self.to_numpy_str()    # Alias to match StructDtype API
 
     @classmethod
     def from_json(cls, structure):
diff --git a/tiled/structures/array.py b/tiled/structures/array.py
index 23b625d51..7524ff853 100644
--- a/tiled/structures/array.py
+++ b/tiled/structures/array.py
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ def to_numpy_str(self):
         # we need to divide by 4.
         size = self.itemsize if self.kind != Kind.unicode else self.itemsize // 4
         return f"{endianness}{self.kind.value}{size}{self.dt_units or ''}"
+    
+    def to_numpy_descr(self):
+        return self.to_numpy_str()    # Alias to match StructDtype API
 
     @classmethod
     def from_json(cls, structure):