def _infer_interval_breaks(cls, coord, axis=0):
        """
        >>> GridInterface._infer_interval_breaks(np.arange(5))
        array([-0.5,  0.5,  1.5,  2.5,  3.5,  4.5])
        >>> GridInterface._infer_interval_breaks([[0, 1], [3, 4]], axis=1)
        array([[-0.5,  0.5,  1.5],
               [ 2.5,  3.5,  4.5]])
        """
        coord = np.asarray(coord)
        if sys.version_info.major == 2 and len(coord) and isinstance(coord[0], (dt.datetime, dt.date)):
            # np.diff does not work on datetimes in python 2
            coord = coord.astype('datetime64')
        if len(coord) == 0:
            return np.array([], dtype=coord.dtype)
        deltas = 0.5 * np.diff(coord, axis=axis)
        first = np.take(coord, [0], axis=axis) - np.take(deltas, [0], axis=axis)
        last = np.take(coord, [-1], axis=axis) + np.take(deltas, [-1], axis=axis)
        trim_last = tuple(slice(None, -1) if n == axis else slice(None)
                          for n in range(coord.ndim))
        return np.concatenate([first, coord[trim_last] + deltas, last], axis=axis)