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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/ndarray.rst
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Expand Up @@ -526,16 +526,16 @@ overload of ``nanobind::detail::dtype_traits`` to inform nanobind about it.
You are expressively allowed to create partial overloads of this class despite
it being in the ``nanobind::detail`` namespace.

For example, the following snippet makes ``__fp16`` (half-precision type on
``aarch64``) available by providing
For example, the following snippet makes ``_Float16`` (half-precision type that
is natively supported on some hardware) available by providing

1. ``value``, a DLPack ``nanobind::dlpack::dtype`` type descriptor, and
2. ``name``, a type name for use in docstrings and error messages.

.. code-block:: cpp

namespace nanobind::detail {
template <> struct dtype_traits<__fp16> {
template <> struct dtype_traits<_Float16> {
static constexpr dlpack::dtype value {
(uint8_t) dlpack::dtype_code::Float, // type code
16, // size in bits
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