gh-91484: Allow memoryview cast for F-contiguous

[jamie2779]

Allow N-D to 1-D memoryview cast for F-contiguous

• Issue: [ENH] Support F-contiguous memoryviews in cast #91484

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[StanFromIreland]

This change needs a NEWS entry, you can do it via the web interface (comment above) or with the blurb tool locally. You also have some trailing whitespace.

[jamie2779]

@corona10 Please check my Pull Request

[jamie2779]

@StanFromIreland thank you! I added NEWS entry.

[corona10]

Please check lint status, looks like there is empty space in some line.

[jamie2779]

Ok, I removed the trailing whitespace.

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This PR is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.

[serhiy-storchaka]

Looks fine. I added some minor suggestions, and please update Doc/library/stdtypes.rst which says "Supported casts are 1D -> C-:term:contiguous and C-contiguous -> 1D." Mention that an F-contiguous can also be cast to 1D. Add versionchanged:: next and a What's New entry.

I just submitted a complementary PR #153663. They can be merged in arbitrary order, but the latter will need to resolve conflict in What's New.

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± library/stdtypes.html
± whatsnew/3.16.html
± whatsnew/changelog.html

[jamie2779]

Thanks for the review! I applied the suggestions and updated the docs, NEWS, and What's New entry. Please let me know if I missed anything.

[serhiy-storchaka]

LGTM. 👍

Thank you for your contribution!

[serhiy-storchaka]

LGTM, thanks! All review points addressed.

Note for whoever merges second (this or #153663): there will be a trivial What's New conflict in Doc/whatsnew/3.16.rst since both add to "Other language changes".