refactor: resolve dtype string and update documented type

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Author: kgryte

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/0d.js

@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/0d_accessors.js

@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Array<Function>} x.accessors - data buffer accessors
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/10d.js

@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/10d_accessors.js

@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Array<Function>} x.accessors - data buffer accessors
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/10d_blocked.js

@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ var blockSize = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/unary-tiling-block-size' );
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/10d_blocked_accessors.js

@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ var blockSize = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/unary-tiling-block-size' );
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Array<Function>} x.accessors - data buffer accessors
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/1d.js

@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/1d_accessors.js

@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Array<Function>} x.accessors - data buffer accessors
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/2d.js

@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/assign/lib/2d_accessors.js

@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@
 *
 * @private
 * @param {Object} x - object containing input ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} x.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} x.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} x.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} x.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} x.strides - stride lengths
 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} x.offset - index offset
 * @param {string} x.order - specifies whether `x` is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
 * @param {Array<Function>} x.accessors - data buffer accessors
 * @param {Object} y - object containing output ndarray meta data
-* @param {string} y.dtype - data type
+* @param {*} y.dtype - data type
 * @param {Collection} y.data - data buffer
 * @param {NonNegativeIntegerArray} y.shape - dimensions
 * @param {IntegerArray} y.strides - stride lengths