Force the mask to soft (default), allowing unmasking by assignment. Whether the mask of a masked array is hard or soft is determined by its `~ma.MaskedArray.hardmask` property. `soften_mask` sets `~ma.MaskedArray.hardmask` to ``False`` (and returns the modified
(self)
| 3569 | return self |
| 3570 | |
| 3571 | def soften_mask(self): |
| 3572 | """ |
| 3573 | Force the mask to soft (default), allowing unmasking by assignment. |
| 3574 | |
| 3575 | Whether the mask of a masked array is hard or soft is determined by |
| 3576 | its `~ma.MaskedArray.hardmask` property. `soften_mask` sets |
| 3577 | `~ma.MaskedArray.hardmask` to ``False`` (and returns the modified |
| 3578 | self). |
| 3579 | |
| 3580 | See Also |
| 3581 | -------- |
| 3582 | ma.MaskedArray.hardmask |
| 3583 | ma.MaskedArray.harden_mask |
| 3584 | |
| 3585 | """ |
| 3586 | self._hardmask = False |
| 3587 | return self |
| 3588 | |
| 3589 | @property |
| 3590 | def hardmask(self): |
no outgoing calls