ENH: Improve comment explaining alias check for strings

Author: effigies

nibabel/nifti1.py

@@ -2124,7 +2124,8 @@ def set_data_dtype(self, datatype):
         >>> img.get_data_dtype() == np.dtype('int64')
         True
         """
-        # Numpy dtype comparison can fail in odd ways, check for aliases only if str
+        # Comparing dtypes to strings, numpy will attempt to call, e.g., dtype('mask'),
+        # so only check for aliases if the type is a string
         if isinstance(datatype, str):
             # Static aliases
             if datatype == 'mask':