RELEASE 0.999

Author: otsaloma

NEWS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-PENDING: Dataiter 0.999
-=======================
+2024-12-15: Dataiter 0.999
+==========================
 
 * `DataFrame.fom_arrow`: Remove `strings_as_object` argument
 * `DataFrame.from_pandas`: Remove `strings_as_object` argument
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ introduced in NumPy 2.0. The main benefit is greatly reduced memory use,
 making strings usable without needing to be careful or falling back to
 `object`. The note about stability below release 0.99 still applies.
 
+Note that as `StringDType` is only in NumPy >= 2.0, any NPZ or Pickle
+files saved cannot be opened using Dataiter < 0.99 and NumPy < 2.0. If
+you need that kind of interoperability, consider using the Parquet file
+format.
+
 2024-08-17: Dataiter 0.99
 =========================
 

benchmark-versions.sh

@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ set -e
 rm -f $OUT_FILE
 echo "name,version,elapsed" > $OUT_FILE
 cp -fv benchmark.py $SCRIPT
-benchmark 0.99
+benchmark 0.999
 benchmark master
 rm -f $SCRIPT $TMP_FILE

dataiter/__init__.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 from dataiter import util
 
-__version__ = "0.99"
+__version__ = "0.999"
 
 DEFAULT_PEEK_ELEMENTS = 10
 DEFAULT_PEEK_ITEMS = 3