old_contents: import numpy as np
  
  
  def unique_rows(ar):
      """Remove repeated rows from a 2D array.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      ar : 2D np.ndarray
          The input array.
  
      Returns
      -------
      ar_out : 2D np.ndarray
          A copy of the input array with repeated rows removed.
  
      Raises
      ------
      ValueError : if `ar` is not two-dimensional.
  
      Notes
      -----
      The function will generate a copy of `ar` if it is not
      C-contiguous, which will negatively affect performance for large
      input arrays.
  
      Examples
      --------
      >>> ar = np.array([[1, 0, 1],
                         [0, 1, 0],
                         [1, 0, 1]], np.uint8)
      >>> aru = unique_rows(ar)
      array([[0, 1, 0],
             [1, 0, 1]], dtype=uint8)
      """
      if ar.ndim != 2:
          raise ValueError("unique_rows() only makes sense for 2D arrays, "
                           "got %dd" % ar.ndim)
      # the view in the next line only works if the array is C-contiguous
      ar = np.ascontiguousarray(ar)
      # np.unique() finds identical items in a raveled array. To make it
      # see each row as a single item, we create a view of each row as a
      # byte string of length itemsize times number of columns in `ar`
      ar_row_view = ar.view('|S%d' % (ar.itemsize * ar.shape[1]))
      _, unique_row_indices = np.unique(ar_row_view, return_index=True)
      ar_out = ar[unique_row_indices]
      return ar_out
  
new_contents: import numpy as np
  
  
  def unique_rows(ar):
      """Remove repeated rows from a 2D array.
  
      In particular, if given an array of coordinates of shape
      (Npoints, Ndim), it will remove repeated points.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      ar : 2D np.ndarray
          The input array.
  
      Returns
      -------
      ar_out : 2D np.ndarray
          A copy of the input array with repeated rows removed.
  
      Raises
      ------
      ValueError : if `ar` is not two-dimensional.
  
      Notes
      -----
      The function will generate a copy of `ar` if it is not
      C-contiguous, which will negatively affect performance for large
      input arrays.
  
      Examples
      --------
      >>> ar = np.array([[1, 0, 1],
                         [0, 1, 0],
                         [1, 0, 1]], np.uint8)
      >>> aru = unique_rows(ar)
      array([[0, 1, 0],
             [1, 0, 1]], dtype=uint8)
      """
      if ar.ndim != 2:
          raise ValueError("unique_rows() only makes sense for 2D arrays, "
                           "got %dd" % ar.ndim)
      # the view in the next line only works if the array is C-contiguous
      ar = np.ascontiguousarray(ar)
      # np.unique() finds identical items in a raveled array. To make it
      # see each row as a single item, we create a view of each row as a
      # byte string of length itemsize times number of columns in `ar`
      ar_row_view = ar.view('|S%d' % (ar.itemsize * ar.shape[1]))
      _, unique_row_indices = np.unique(ar_row_view, return_index=True)
      ar_out = ar[unique_row_indices]
      return ar_out
  
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