Version 2.0.7

[jpivarski]

• feat: add ability to forget length of typetracer created with typetracer_from_report by @douglasdavis in feat: add ability to forget length of typetracer created with typetracer_from_report #2141
• feat: start hardening nplike signatures by @agoose77 in feat: start hardening nplike signatures #2148
• feat: implement all ufuncs on TypeTracer. by @jpivarski in feat: implement all ufuncs on TypeTracer. #2149
• feat: use None for unknown lengths (1 of 2) by @agoose77 in feat: use None for unknown lengths (1 of 2) #2168
• feat: coerce backends to same zero-copy type (2 of 2) by @agoose77 in feat: coerce backends to same zero-copy type (2 of 2) #2175
• feat: growable buffer move_to method by @ianna in feat: growable buffer move_to method #2178
• feat: add ak.merge_union_of_records by @agoose77 in feat: add ak.merge_union_of_records #2185
• feat: add support for histogram module by @agoose77 in feat: add support for histogram module #2190
• feat: add ak.approx_equal by @agoose77 in feat: add ak.approx_equal #2198

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: re-order cases to handle NumPy scalar types properly by @agoose77 in fix: re-order cases to handle NumPy scalar types properly #2125
• fix: specify dtype for buffers in from_rdataframe. by @agoose77 in fix: specify dtype for buffers in from_rdataframe. #2145
• fix: unify typestr with _repr by @agoose77 in fix: unify typestr with _repr #2158
• fix: update type_to_name for Layout builder cxx_14 target by @ianna in fix: update type_to_name for Layout builder cxx_14 target #2165
• fix: Layout builders clean and length bug fixes by @ianna in fix: Layout builders clean and length bug fixes #2171
• fix: support mask_identity=True for axis=None in ptp, std, etc. by @agoose77 in fix: support mask_identity=True for axis=None in ptp, std, etc. #2172
• fix: preserve dimensions for keepdims=True, axis=None reductions by @agoose77 in fix: preserve dimensions for keepdims=True, axis=None reductions #2177
• fix: some usages of len(layout) under typetracer by @agoose77 in fix: some usages of len(layout) under typetracer #2181
• fix: rdataframe memory check by @ianna in fix: rdataframe memory check #2155
• fix: rework parameter merging rules by @agoose77 in fix: rework parameter merging rules #2179
• fix: don't raise NotImplementedError when reading empty array from Parquet by @dsavoiu in fix: don't raise NotImplementedError when reading empty array from Parquet #2194
• fix: ignore object arrays by @agoose77 in fix: ignore object arrays #2206
• fix: ak.values_astype now turns 'unknown' type into the requested type. by @jpivarski in fix: ak.values_astype now turns 'unknown' type into the requested type. #2196

Other

• refactor: remove to_arraylib by @agoose77 in refactor: remove to_arraylib #2128
• refactor: move Singleton to its own module by @agoose77 in refactor: move Singleton to its own module #2131
• refactor: move kernel logic to _kernels by @agoose77 in refactor: move kernel logic to _kernels #2132
• refactor: use nplike.asarray by @agoose77 in refactor: use nplike.asarray #2134
• refactor: remove dead code by @agoose77 in refactor: remove dead code #2139
• refactor: make nplike.zeros et al. use Array API type signatures by @agoose77 in refactor: make nplike.zeros et al. use Array API type signatures #2137
• refactor: move typetracer ufunc handling to backend [1 of 2] by @agoose77 in refactor: move typetracer ufunc handling to backend [1 of 2] #2150
• refactor: split _nplikes.py into _nplikes/*.py [2 of 2] by @agoose77 in refactor: split _nplikes.py into _nplikes/*.py [2 of 2] #2152
• refactor: drop UnknownScalar, harden unknown scalar behavior by @agoose77 in refactor: drop UnknownScalar, harden unknown scalar behavior #2154
• docs: fix bold docstring due to indent by @agoose77 in docs: fix bold docstring due to indent #2122
• docs: disable IPyParallel & load dependencies in reverse order by @agoose77 in docs: disable IPyParallel & load dependencies in reverse order #2126
• docs: improve error message by @agoose77 in docs: improve error message #2201
• docs: add dsavoiu as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in docs: add dsavoiu as a contributor for code #2204
• ci: test NumPy < 1.17 by @agoose77 in ci: test NumPy < 1.17 #2142
• ci: run header-only tests by @agoose77 in ci: run header-only tests #2169
• chore: apply changes from flake8 by @agoose77 in chore: apply changes from flake8 #2130
• chore: isolate nox dependencies in noxfile by @agoose77 in chore: isolate nox dependencies in noxfile #2136
• chore: drop unused nplike functions by @agoose77 in chore: drop unused nplike functions #2138
• chore: add helpful message if cpp install is not prepared by @agoose77 in chore: add helpful message if cpp install is not prepared #2146
• chore: move to Ruff by @henryiii in chore: move to Ruff #2153
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.11.4 to 2.12.0 by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.11.4 to 2.12.0 #2133
• chore: update Ruff version by @henryiii in chore: update Ruff version #2174
• chore: ruff rewrite not in by @henryiii in chore: ruff rewrite not in #2176
• chore: ruff rewrite dicts by @henryiii in chore: ruff rewrite dicts #2183

New Contributors

• @dsavoiu made their first contribution in fix: don't raise NotImplementedError when reading empty array from Parquet #2194

Full Changelog: v2.0.6...v2.0.7

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