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)
| 3636 | return self |
| 3637 | |
| 3638 | def soften_mask(self): |
| 3639 | """ |
| 3640 | Force the mask to soft (default), allowing unmasking by assignment. |
| 3641 | |
| 3642 | Whether the mask of a masked array is hard or soft is determined by |
| 3643 | its `~ma.MaskedArray.hardmask` property. `soften_mask` sets |
| 3644 | `~ma.MaskedArray.hardmask` to ``False`` (and returns the modified |
| 3645 | self). |
| 3646 | |
| 3647 | See Also |
| 3648 | -------- |
| 3649 | ma.MaskedArray.hardmask |
| 3650 | ma.MaskedArray.harden_mask |
| 3651 | |
| 3652 | """ |
| 3653 | self._hardmask = False |
| 3654 | return self |
| 3655 | |
| 3656 | @property |
| 3657 | def hardmask(self): |
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