<p dir="auto">In numpy.ma.core calls to <code class="notranslate">property</code> are used instead of the <code class="notranslate">@property</code> and <code class="notranslate">@property.setter</code> decorator. These should be refactored with an eye to rebuilding the documentation to make sure the docstrings do not get lost.</p>
<p dir="auto">Python 2 isinstance(a, basestring) has no analog in python 3.</p>