Version 2.4.9

[agoose77]

New Features

• feat: add to_buffer and helper methods in layout builder by @ManasviGoyal in feat: add to_buffer and helper methods in layout builder #2766
• feat: add helper methods to utils.h by @ManasviGoyal in feat: add helper methods to utils.h #2771
• feat!: rework ufunc type promotion handling by @agoose77 in feat!: rework ufunc type promotion handling #2767
• feat: extend to_layout options by @agoose77 in feat: extend to_layout options #2763

Bug Fixes and Performance

• fix: add highlevel, behavior arguments to composite reducers by @agoose77 in fix: add highlevel, behavior arguments to composite reducers #2754
• fix: export nan variants by @agoose77 in fix: export nan variants #2758
• fix: update __class__ for both layout and behavior consistently by @agoose77 in fix: update __class__ for both layout and behavior consistently #2759
• fix: support all-None index in awkward_Index_nones_as_index.cpp by @agoose77 in fix: support all-None index in awkward_Index_nones_as_index.cpp #2769
• fix: handle unhashable behaviour type by @ianna in fix: handle unhashable behaviour type #2770
• fix: protect RecordForm against len(fields) != len(contents) by @jpivarski in fix: protect RecordForm against len(fields) != len(contents) #2776
• fix: drop lengths recursively by @agoose77 in fix: drop lengths recursively #2775
• fix: ak.num should always return a useful (non-unknown length) type by @agoose77 in fix: ak.num should always return a useful (non-unknown length) type #2785
• fix: remove old argument from broadcast_and_apply by @agoose77 in fix: remove old argument from broadcast_and_apply #2790
• fix: don't preserve unexpected option for is_in by @agoose77 in fix: don't preserve unexpected option for is_in #2792
• fix: support scalar strings in fill_none by @agoose77 in fix: support scalar strings in fill_none #2793
• fix: support arbitrary ufuncs with respect to NEP-50 by @agoose77 in fix: support arbitrary ufuncs with respect to NEP-50 #2799

Other

• chore: add trove classifier to awkward-cpp by @agoose77 in chore: add trove classifier to awkward-cpp #2729
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #2733
• chore: set pyupgrade version by @agoose77 in chore: set pyupgrade version #2756
• chore: prepare for ruff-format by @henryiii in chore: prepare for ruff-format #2773
• chore: move to Ruff-format by @henryiii in chore: move to Ruff-format #2777
• chore: run mypy in CI by @agoose77 in chore: run mypy in CI #2789
• chore: run mypy on ak.types by @agoose77 in chore: run mypy on ak.types #2791
• ci: fix oldest-supported-dependencies test workflow by @agoose77 in ci: fix oldest-supported-dependencies test workflow #2783
• refactor: drop behavior broadcasting by @agoose77 in refactor: drop behavior broadcasting #2761
• refactor: introduce parametrised nplike types by @agoose77 in refactor: introduce parametrised nplike types #2795
• chore(deps): bump amannn/action-semantic-pull-request from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump amannn/action-semantic-pull-request from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 #2796

Full Changelog: v2.4.6...v2.4.8

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