Geositta2000

Thank you so much! I re-organized my test code to use larger dimensions and exclude finding path time. The timing is similar to the top post in this thread. ```...

Thanks for the suggestion. Modifying the code above as ``` d = oe.contract(contraction, a, b, order="C") ``` then ``` print(d.flags) ``` still leads to ``` C_CONTIGUOUS : False F_CONTIGUOUS :...

I searched the source code of `opt_einsum`, did not find much entry about `order`, e.g., https://github.com/dgasmith/opt_einsum/blob/6a30cf5b2852e54824e188cb6b294890c5cf1d9c/opt_einsum/tests/test_edge_cases.py, line 51, https://github.com/dgasmith/opt_einsum/blob/6a30cf5b2852e54824e188cb6b294890c5cf1d9c/opt_einsum/blas.py, lines 199 and 204

Thanks for the insights and suggestions. I am not sure if I understand your remarks fully, especially about the` the order kwarg` :( I think (i) it would be great...