Version 2.4.5

New features

• feat: add recursive argument to expected_from_buffers by @agoose77 in #2724
• feat: infer unknown lengths from context in from_buffers by @agoose77 in #2732

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: don't use np.asarray on Index or Content objects by @agoose77 in #2740
• fix: swap names for __dlpack__ by @agoose77 in #2741
• fix: __array__ accepts positional arguments by @agoose77 in #2744

Other

• test: add dask-awkward to at least one of our tests. by @jpivarski in #2739
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.16.1 to 2.16.2 by @dependabot in #2736
• ci: improve deployment environment UX by @agoose77 in #2742

Full Changelog: v2.4.4...v2.4.5

Version 1.10.5

What's Changed

• fix: update backport for changes in Numba, NumExpr, Arrow, and RDataFrame by @ianna and @jpivarski in #2735

Basically, third-party libraries have been changing. This backport brings Awkward 1.x up to speed with them.

Full Changelog: v1.10.4...v1.10.5

Version 2.4.4

New features

• feat: add buffer_key to typetracer_with_report by @agoose77 in #2719

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: catch cases in which fields required by a JSON schema are not in the JSON object by @jpivarski in #2712
• fix: support concrete buffers in TypeTracer.frombuffer by @agoose77 in #2718
• fix: make the examples consistent with the changes in #2553 by @ManasviGoyal in #2725
• fix: reduction with axis=None, keepdims=True by @agoose77 in #2728

Other

• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2722
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.15.0 to 2.16.0 by @dependabot in #2716
• chore(deps): bump amannn/action-semantic-pull-request from 5.2.0 to 5.3.0 by @dependabot in #2721
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.16.0 to 2.16.1 by @dependabot in #2723

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.4.4

Version 2.4.3

New features

• feat: add ak_to_feather and ak_from_feather functions by @zbilodea in #2683
• feat: expose simplification from ak.from_buffers by @agoose77 in #2713

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: unpickling of unknown_length by @agoose77 in #2710
• fix: support placeholders in from_buffers by @agoose77 in #2714

Other

• chore: try to reintroduce Python 3.12, now that NumPy has released a beta. by @jpivarski in #2644
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2705
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2715* chore(deps): bump aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #2706
• chore(deps): bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0 by @dependabot in #2707
• docs: update obsolete comment in docs (relevant only in v1). by @jpivarski in #2699

New Contributors

• @zbilodea made their first contribution in #2683

Full Changelog: v2.4.2...v2.4.3

Version 2.4.2

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: support placeholder arrays in ArrayModuleNumpyLike.frombuffer by @agoose77 in #2693
• fix: drop zero-cost views of ak.Array by @agoose77 in #2697

Other

• chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #2689
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2692

Full Changelog: v2.4.1...v2.4.2

Version 2.4.1

Other

• Fix docs version selector

Full Changelog: v2.4.0...v2.4.1

Version 2.4.0

New features

• feat: Form.expected_from_buffers for names/dtypes ak.from_buffers needs. by @jpivarski in #2660
• feat: support out-of-band buffers in pickling by @agoose77 in #2665
• feat: add touch_data to ak.typetracer by @agoose77 in #2672
• feat: add support for custom picklers by @agoose77 in #2682
• feat!: deprecate forget_length, add parameters to typetracer_with_report by @agoose77 in #2671
• feat!: remove deprecations for 1.4.0 release by @agoose77 in #2688* fix: support placeholders in shape-only routines by @agoose77 in #2652

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: multiple-output ufuncs e.g. divmod by @agoose77 in #2654
• fix: support unflattening a typetracer-backed array at axis != 0 by @agoose77 in #2657
• fix: fix IPython inspection by @agoose77 in #2658
• fix: using numba.core.errors.Numba<Error> instead of Error in a Numba typing context. by @jpivarski in #2659
• fix: raise error for invalid object in from_dlpack by @agoose77 in #2662
• fix: fix/harden broadcasting through tuples by @agoose77 in #2663
• fix: update string to search for in determing parquet column list separator by @douglasdavis in #2670
• fix: guard broadcast_and_apply from mixed backends by @agoose77 in #2678
• fix: support typetracer in ak.str. operations by @agoose77 in #2679

Other

• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2645
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2677
• chore: bump numba and pyarrow test pins by @agoose77 in #2684
• chore: bump C++ standard version by @agoose77 in #2685
• chore(deps): bump aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in #2669
• test: keep testing Windows 32-bit. by @jpivarski in #2681

Full Changelog: v2.3.3...v2.4.0

Version 2.3.3

New features

• feat: add support for __arrow_array__ by @agoose77 in #2650
• feat: add __dlpack__, from_dlpack support by @agoose77 in #2649

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: rename cppyy test by @ianna in #2643
• fix: support highlevel=False in all branches for from_parquet by @agoose77 in #2646
• fix: support non-hashable values in parameters_union by @agoose77 in #2651
• fix: remove unneeded cast by @agoose77 in #2653

Other

• chore(deps): bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.9 to 1.8.10 by @dependabot in #2641

Full Changelog: v2.3.2...v2.3.3

Version 2.3.2

New features

• feat: add support for expected termination of transform functions by @agoose77 in #2595
• feat: export error classes by @agoose77 in #2613
• feat: unpickle arrays made in Awkward v1 (as v2). by @jpivarski in #2604
• feat: use pyarrow for string functions by @jpivarski in #2616
• feat: add support for dictionary encoding from Arrow by @agoose77 in #2630
• feat: add CPU kernel for to_numpy support for strings/bytestrings by @agoose77 in #2631

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: don't decorate non-Exception subclasses by @agoose77 in #2587
• fix: use to_backend_array() instead of asarray by @agoose77 in #2592
• fix: artefacts → artifacts in pyproject.toml by @agoose77 in #2612
• fix: adjust for numexpr 2.8.5, which hid getContext's frame_depth argument by @jpivarski in #2617
• fix: add inline to prevent multiple definitions by @ManasviGoyal in #2606
• fix: support lists of strings in ak.zip with optiontype_outside_record=True by @agoose77 in #2623
• fix: support counts=len(array) in ak.unflatten by @agoose77 in #2632
• fix: support non int64 index in ListArray's pad_none by @agoose77 in #2634
• fix: assert nextlen == 0 in reducer should also allow unknown_length by @jpivarski in #2610

Other

• refactor: add new module and name arguments to high_level_function decorator by @agoose77 in #2620
• docs: add guide on unflattening and grouping by @agoose77 in #2622
• docs: remove reference to old arrayclass by @agoose77 in #2640
• docs: initial user-guide pass for string functions by @agoose77 in #2635
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.13.1 to 2.14.1 by @dependabot in #2584
• chore(deps): bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.7 to 1.8.8 by @dependabot in #2580
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2565
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2585
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2619
• chore: use 2x faster black mirror by @henryiii in #2633
• chore: drop 3.7 classifier by @agoose77 in #2636
• chore(deps): bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.8 to 1.8.9 by @dependabot in #2639
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.14.1 to 2.15.0 by @dependabot in #2629

Full Changelog: v2.3.1...v2.3.2

Version 1.10.4

What's Changed

• fix: backport vendored mixin from #2534 by @agoose77 in #2583
• fix: (v1) merging options should produce an option by @agoose77 in #2582

Full Changelog: v1.10.3...v1.10.4