code: def ascarray(a, name=""):
      """Return a contiguous array in memory (C order).
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      a : numpy.ndarray
          Input array.
      name : str, optional
          Array name, used for logging purposes.
  
      Returns
      -------
      np.ndarray
          Contiguous array (row-major order) of same shape and content as `a`.
  
      """
      if not a.flags.contiguous:
          logger.debug(
              "converting %s array %s to C order", a.shape, name
          )
          a = np.ascontiguousarray(a)
      return a
  
imports: import logging
  import sys
  import time
  import numpy
  import scipy.linalg
  import scipy.sparse
  from scipy.sparse import sparsetools
  from gensim import interfaces, matutils, utils
  from gensim.models import basemodel
  from gensim.utils import is_empty
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: ascarray(a, name) and returns: a