text: import cupy
  from cupy import core
  
  
  def array(obj, dtype=None, copy=True, ndmin=0):
      """Creates an array on the current device.
  
      This function currently does not support the ``order`` and ``subok``
      options.
  
      Args:
          obj: :class:`cupy.ndarray` object or any other object that can be
              passed to :func:`numpy.array`.
          dtype: Data type specifier.
          copy (bool): If ``False``, this function returns ``obj`` if possible.
              Otherwise this function always returns a new array.
          ndmin (int): Minimum number of dimensions. Ones are inserted to the
              head of the shape if needed.
  
      Returns:
          cupy.ndarray: An array on the current device.
  
      .. seealso:: :func:`numpy.array`
  
      """
      # TODO(beam2d): Support order and subok options
      return core.array(obj, dtype, copy, ndmin)
  
  
  def asarray(a, dtype=None):
      """Converts an object to array.
  
      This is equivalent to ``array(a, dtype, copy=False)``.
      This function currently does not support the ``order`` option.
  
      Args:
          a: The source object.
          dtype: Data type specifier. It is inferred from the input by default.
  
      Returns:
          cupy.ndarray: An array on the current device. If ``a`` is already on
          the device, no copy is performed.
  
      .. seealso:: :func:`numpy.asarray`
  
      """
      return cupy.array(a, dtype=dtype, copy=False)
  
  
  def asanyarray(a, dtype=None):
      """Converts an object to array.
  
      This is currently equivalent to :func:`~cupy.asarray`, since there is no
      subclass of ndarray in CuPy. Note that the original
      :func:`numpy.asanyarray` returns the input array as is if it is an instance
      of a subtype of :class:`numpy.ndarray`.
  
      .. seealso:: :func:`cupy.asarray`, :func:`numpy.asanyarray`
  
      """
      return cupy.asarray(a, dtype)
  
  
  def ascontiguousarray(a, dtype=None):
      """Returns a C-contiguous array.
  
      Args:
          a (cupy.ndarray): Source array.
          dtype: Data type specifier.
  
      Returns:
          cupy.ndarray: If no copy is required, it returns ``a``. Otherwise, it
          returns a copy of ``a``.
  
      .. seealso:: :func:`numpy.ascontiguousarray`
  
      """
      return core.ascontiguousarray(a, dtype)
  
  
  # TODO(okuta): Implement asmatrix
  
  
  def copy(a):
      """Creates a copy of a given array on the current device.
  
      This function allocates the new array on the current device. If the given
      array is allocated on the different device, then this function tries to
      copy the contents over the devices.
  
      Args:
          a (cupy.ndarray): The source array.
  
      Returns:
          cupy.ndarray: The copy of ``a`` on the current device.
  
      See: :func:`numpy.copy`, :meth:`cupy.ndarray.copy`
  
      """
      # If the current device is different from the device of ``a``, then this
      # function allocates a new array on the current device, and copies the
      # contents over the devices.
      # TODO(beam2d): Support ordering option
      return a.copy()
  
  
  # TODO(okuta): Implement frombuffer
  
  
  # TODO(okuta): Implement fromfile
  
  
  # TODO(okuta): Implement fromfunction
  
  
  # TODO(okuta): Implement fromiter
  
  
  # TODO(okuta): Implement fromstring
  
  
  # TODO(okuta): Implement loadtxt
  