docs: def _arrayFromBytes(dataBytes, metadata):
      """Generates and returns a numpy array from raw data bytes.
  
      :param bytes: raw data bytes as generated by ``numpy.ndarray.tobytes()``
      :param metadata: a dictionary containing the data type and optionally the
          shape parameter to reconstruct a ``numpy.array`` from the raw data
          bytes. ``{"dtype": "float64", "shape": (2, 3)}``
  
      :returns: ``numpy.array``
      """
      array = numpy.fromstring(dataBytes, dtype=numpy.typeDict[metadata['dtype']])
      if 'shape' in metadata:
          array = array.reshape(metadata['shape'])
      return array