POC: Add the private/unused _array_dtypes function to test dtype conversions #3513
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Description of proposed changes
Inspired by the discussions in #3507 (comment), I think it's necessary to understand the string representation of different dtypes and what dtype they are converted to by NumPy. This PR adds a private
_array_dtypes
function topygmt/clib/conversion.py
. Please refer to the detailed docstrings for what the function does.I think we should include the function in PyGMT although it's not used anywhere, similar to the
array_to_datetime
function which will no longer be used in PyGMT after #3507. I'm open to comments and more array-like objects should be added for testing.