Objects array with numpy
Yes, you can do this:
a = numpy.array([Register() for _ in range(4)])
Here, a.dtype
is dtype('object')
.
Alternatively, if you really need to reserve memory for your array and then build it element by element, you can do:
a = numpy.empty(shape=(4,), dtype=object)
a[0] = Register() # etc.
The items in numpy arrays are statically typed, and when you call zeros
you make an array of floats. To store arbitrary Python objects, use code like
numpy.array([Register() for i in range(4)])
which makes an array with dtype=object
, which you could also specify manually.
Consider whether you really want numpy in this case. I don't know how close this example is to your use case, but oftentimes a numpy array of dtype object, especially a one-dimensional one, would work at least as well as a list.