Getting those two into base for 7.10 would be quite nice. 

I think this will mostly impact folks who maintain numerical computing libraries, such as myself, and even then, I think this would be a change well worth having!

discussion period 1 week  (because I'd like to get it OK'd with plenty of time before the merge window for 7.10 finally closes)

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