MAINT: avoid numpy internals in {sg}et_array_base

CHANGES.rst

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ Other changes
   package size to about half of its previous size.  This makes the compiler
   slightly slower, by about 5-7%.
 
+* ``set_array_base`` now calls ``PyArray_SetBaseObject``. Also modified
+  ``get_array_base`` to remove direct access to NumPy internals.
 
 0.28.4 (2018-07-08)
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Cython/Includes/numpy/__init__.pxd

@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ cdef extern from "numpy/arrayobject.h":
     object PyArray_CheckAxis (ndarray, int *, int)
     npy_intp PyArray_OverflowMultiplyList (npy_intp *, int)
     int PyArray_CompareString (char *, char *, size_t)
+    int PyArray_SetBaseObject(object, object)
 
 
 # Typedefs that matches the runtime dtype objects in
@@ -973,22 +974,12 @@ cdef extern from "numpy/ufuncobject.h":
 
     int _import_umath() except -1
 
+cdef inline void set_array_base(object arr, object base):
+    Py_INCREF(base)
+    PyArray_SetBaseObject(arr, base)
 
-cdef inline void set_array_base(ndarray arr, object base):
-     cdef PyObject* baseptr
-     if base is None:
-         baseptr = NULL
-     else:
-         Py_INCREF(base) # important to do this before decref below!
-         baseptr = <PyObject*>base
-     Py_XDECREF(arr.base)
-     arr.base = baseptr
-
-cdef inline object get_array_base(ndarray arr):
-    if arr.base is NULL:
-        return None
-    else:
-        return <object>arr.base
+cdef inline object get_array_base(object arr):
+    return <object>arr.base
 
 
 # Versions of the import_* functions which are more suitable for