void pydynd::array_setitem(const dynd::nd::array& n, PyObject *subscript, PyObject *value)
{
    if (subscript == Py_Ellipsis) {
        array_broadcast_assign_from_py(n, value);
#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
    } else if (PyInt_Check(subscript)) {
        long i = PyInt_AS_LONG(subscript);
        const char *metadata = n.get_ndo_meta();
        char *data = n.get_readwrite_originptr();
        ndt::type d = n.get_type().at_single(i, &metadata, const_cast<const char **>(&data));
        array_broadcast_assign_from_py(d, metadata, data, value);
#endif // PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
    } else if (PyLong_Check(subscript)) {
        intptr_t i = PyLong_AsSsize_t(subscript);
        if (i == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
            throw runtime_error("error converting int value");
        }
        const char *metadata = n.get_ndo_meta();
        char *data = n.get_readwrite_originptr();
        ndt::type d = n.get_type().at_single(i, &metadata, const_cast<const char **>(&data));
        array_broadcast_assign_from_py(d, metadata, data, value);
    } else {
        intptr_t size;
        shortvector<irange> indices;
        pyobject_as_irange_array(size, indices, subscript);
        array_broadcast_assign_from_py(n.at_array(size, indices.get(), false), value);
    }
}
void
pydynd::array_broadcast_assign_from_py(const dynd::nd::array &a,
                                       PyObject *value,
                                       const dynd::eval::eval_context *ectx)
{
  array_broadcast_assign_from_py(a.get_type(), a.get_arrmeta(),
                                 a.get_readwrite_originptr(), value, ectx);
}