feat: support non-string dtype values

Author: kgryte

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/same-kind-casts/README.md

@@ -93,14 +93,12 @@ var out = sameKindCasts( 'foo' );
 var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/array/dtypes' );
 var sameKindCasts = require( '@stdlib/array/same-kind-casts' );
 
-var DTYPES;
-var list;
-var i;
-
 // Get the list of supported array data types:
-DTYPES = dtypes();
+var DTYPES = dtypes();
 
 // Print the list of array data types to which a data type can be cast...
+var list;
+var i;
 for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
     list = sameKindCasts( DTYPES[ i ] );
     console.log( '%s: %s', DTYPES[ i ], list.join( ', ' ) );
@@ -141,14 +139,14 @@ for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
 
 <section class="links">
 
+[@stdlib/array/dtypes]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/tree/develop/lib/node_modules/%40stdlib/array/dtypes
+
 <!-- <related-links> -->
 
 [@stdlib/array/convert]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/tree/develop/lib/node_modules/%40stdlib/array/convert
 
 [@stdlib/array/convert-same]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/tree/develop/lib/node_modules/%40stdlib/array/convert-same
 
-[@stdlib/array/dtypes]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/tree/develop/lib/node_modules/%40stdlib/array/dtypes
-
 [@stdlib/array/safe-casts]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/tree/develop/lib/node_modules/%40stdlib/array/safe-casts
 
 [@stdlib/ndarray/same-kind-casts]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/tree/develop/lib/node_modules/%40stdlib/ndarray/same-kind-casts

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/same-kind-casts/docs/repl.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    dtype: string (optional)
+    dtype: any (optional)
         Array data type.
 
     Returns

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/same-kind-casts/examples/index.js

@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@
 var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/array/dtypes' );
 var sameKindCasts = require( './../lib' );
 
-var DTYPES;
-var list;
-var i;
-
 // Get the list of supported array data types:
-DTYPES = dtypes();
+var DTYPES = dtypes();
 
 // Print the list of array data types to which a data type can be cast...
+var list;
+var i;
 for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
 	list = sameKindCasts( DTYPES[ i ] );
 	console.log( '%s: %s', DTYPES[ i ], list.join( ', ' ) );

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/array/same-kind-casts/lib/main.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 var objectKeys = require( '@stdlib/utils/keys' );
 var hasOwnProp = require( '@stdlib/assert/has-own-property' );
+var resolve = require( '@stdlib/strided/base/dtype-resolve-str' );
 var SAME_KIND_CASTS = require( './same_kind_casts.json' );
 
 
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ function generateTable() {
 /**
 * Returns a list of array data types to which a provided array data type can be safely cast or cast within the same "kind".
 *
-* @param {string} [dtype] - array data type
+* @param {*} [dtype] - array data type value
 * @returns {(Object|StringArray|null)} list of array data types or null
 *
 * @example
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ function sameKindCasts( dtype ) {
 		// Lazily generate table...
 		TABLE = generateTable();
 	}
+	dtype = resolve( dtype );
 	if ( hasOwnProp( TABLE, dtype ) ) {
 		return TABLE[ dtype ].slice();
 	}