The reshaping operation cannot guarantee that a copy will not be made,
        to modify the shape in place, use ``a.shape = s``

        Examples
        --------
        >>> x = np.ma.array([[1,2],[3,4]], mask=[1,0,0,1])
        >>> x
        masked_array(
          data=[[--, 2],
                [3, --]],
          mask=[[ True, False],
                [False,  True]],
          fill_value=999999)
        >>> x = x.reshape((4,1))
        >>> x
        masked_array(
          data=[[--],
                [2],
                [3],
                [--]],
          mask=[[ True],
                [False],
                [False],
                [ True]],
          fill_value=999999)

        r