code: def _convert_to_type(X, out_type):
      return np.ascontiguousarray(X, dtype=out_type)
  
imports: from __future__ import division, print_function, absolute_import
  import warnings
  import numpy
  from functools import partial
  from collections import namedtuple
  from scipy._lib.six import callable, string_types
  from scipy._lib.six import xrange
  from scipy._lib._util import _asarray_validated
  from .None import _distance_wrap
  from .None import _hausdorff
  from ..linalg import norm
  from ..special import rel_entr
label_desc: Use image node_id 5 for calling a global function with example usage: _convert_to_type(X, out_type) and returns: np