Version 2.6.3

This is the first release of Awkward Array that is compatible with NumPy 2.0.

New features

• feat!: printing a typetracer array should not touch it by @jpivarski in #3019
• feat: add to_parquet_dataset function by @zbilodea in #2898
• feat: adding support for numpy.real, imag, round, angle, by @tcawlfield in #3053
• feat: add miscellaneous CUDA kernels by @ManasviGoyal in #3021
• feat: add dask_tokenize hook by @lgray in #3017
• feat: added a commit method on TypeTracerReport to identify touched buffers in the Dask DAG-building pass by @jpivarski in #3043
• feat: Allow interoperability with numpy 2.x by @tcawlfield in #3064

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: return ufunc as it is for user defined vectorized funcs by @Saransh-cpp in #3025
• fix: Support structured arrays in option type to_numpy by @zonca in #3060
• fix: Windows and 32-bit Linux default to 32-bit integers in sums and prods UNLESS it's NumPy 2.0 by @jpivarski in #3068
• perf: add a flag to turn off isinstance in TypeTracerArray._new by @jpivarski in #3054

Other

• test: TEMPORARY edits to get tests working for all PRs: NumPy 2.0 cap and turned off Try-It by @jpivarski in #3057
• test: new cuda kernels by @ManasviGoyal in #2922
• ci: Make wheel building workflow reusable by @matthewfeickert in #3016
• docs: fix styling of icons by @agoose77 in #3042
• docs: add a link to documentation of AwkwardArray in Julia by @ianna in #3052
• docs: add tcawlfield as a contributor for code by @allcontributors in #3067
• chore: keeping CONTRIBUTING.md up to date (take 1) by @jpivarski in #3038
• chore(deps): bump the actions group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #3048
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #3050
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #3063
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #3069

New Contributors

• @tcawlfield made their first contribution in #3053

Full Changelog: v2.6.2...v2.6.3