code: def _convert_to_type(X, out_type):
      return np.ascontiguousarray(X, dtype=out_type)
  
imports: import math
  import warnings
  import numpy
  import dataclasses
  from typing import Optional, Callable
  from functools import partial
  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
  from .None import _distance_pybind
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling a global function with example usage: _convert_to_type(X, out_type) and returns: np