Performs a synchronized copy from the `source_array` to the current array.
        This is called through ``x[:] = source_array``, where the `source_array`
        is a `numpy.ndarray` or array-like object.
        This function blocks until all the pending read/write operations with respect
        to the current `NDArray` are finished and carry out the copy operation to the
        current NDArray.

        Parameters
        ----------
        source_array : array_like
            The data source we would like to copy from.

        Example
        -------
        >>> a = mx.nd.array([1, 2])
        >>> a.asnumpy()
        array([ 1.,  2.], dtype=float32)
        >>> a[:] = np.array([3, 4])
        >> a.asnumpy()
        array([ 3.,  4.], dtype=float32)

def _sync_copyfrom(self, source_array):
        """Performs a synchronized copy from the `source_array` to the current array.
        This is called through ``x[:] = source_array``, where the `source_array`
        is a `numpy.ndarray` or array-like object.
        This function blocks until all the pending read/write operations with respect
        to the current `NDArray` are finished and carry out the copy operation to the
        current NDArray.

        Parameters
        ----------
        source_array : array_like
            The data source we would like to copy from.

        Example
        -------
        >>> a = mx.nd.array([1, 2])
        >>> a.asnumpy()
        array([ 1.,  2.], dtype=float32)
        >>> a[:] = np.array([3, 4])
        >> a.asnumpy()
        array([ 3.,  4.], dtype=float32)
        """
        if not isinstance(source_array, np.ndarray):
            try:
                source_array = np.array(source_array, dtype=self.dtype)
            except:
                raise TypeError('array must consist of array-like data,' +
                                'type %s is not supported' % str(type(array)))
        source_array = np.asarray(source_array, dtype=self.dtype, order='C')
        if source_array.shape != self.shape:
            raise ValueError('Shape inconsistent: expected %s vs got %s'%(
                str(source_array.shape), str(self.shape)))
        check_call(_LIB.MXNDArraySyncCopyFromCPU(
            self.handle,
            source_array.ctypes.data_as(ctypes.c_void_p),
            ctypes.c_size_t(source_array.size)))