parameters: (self)
return_statement: return self._data.view("i8")
docstring: Integer representation of the values.
  
          Returns
          -------
          ndarray
              An ndarray with int64 dtype.
docstring_summary: Integer representation of the values.
docstring_tokens: Integer representation of the values .
function: def asi8(self) -> np.ndarray:
          """
          Integer representation of the values.
  
          Returns
          -------
          ndarray
              An ndarray with int64 dtype.
          """
          # do not cache or you'll create a memory leak
          return self._data.view("i8")
function_tokens: def asi8 ( self ) -> np . ndarray : # do not cache or you'll create a memory leak return self . _data . view ( "i8" )