Version 2.0.0rc4

[jpivarski]

This is the first release in which the C++ code has been moved into a separate package, awkward-cpp. The pure Python awkward package is version-locked to version 1 of awkward-cpp.

New features

• feat: better mask_identity defaults for reducer-like functions. by @jpivarski in feat: better mask_identity defaults for reducer-like functions. #1873
• feat: np.matmul should raise NotImplementedError until it gets implemented by @ioanaif in feat: np.matmul should raise NotImplementedError until it gets implemented #1877
• feat: more concise pretty-print. by @jpivarski in feat: more concise pretty-print. #1861

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: ensure that behaviors are propagated through ak.XXX operations by @agoose77 in fix: ensure that behaviors are propagated through ak.XXX operations #1869
• fix: try to fix long long to double by @ianna in fix: try to fix long long to double #1860
• fix: set appropriate error message for decimal types in arrow by @agoose77 in fix: set appropriate error message for decimal types in arrow #1871

Other

• wip: run deploy for PR by @agoose77 in wip: run deploy for PR #1891
• docs: Fixed typo in ak.argsort page by @Laurits7 in docs: Fixed typo in ak.argsort page #1880
• docs: add Laurits7 as a contributor for doc by @allcontributors in docs: add Laurits7 as a contributor for doc #1881
• ci: use Python consistently by @agoose77 in ci: use Python consistently #1892
• ci: set tokens & disable release for C++ [skip ci] by @agoose77 in ci: set tokens & disable release for C++ [skip ci] #1894
• ci: simplify hash computation [skip ci] by @agoose77 in ci: simplify hash computation [skip ci] #1897
• ci: add option to manually release awkward on PyPI by @agoose77 in ci: add option to manually release awkward on PyPI #1898
• ci: set constant $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH by @agoose77 in ci: set constant $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH #1900
• chore: rename is_XXXType to is_XXX (lowercase) by @agoose77 in chore: rename is_XXXType to is_XXX (lowercase) #1876
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #1878
• chore: add README.md to awkward-cpp by @agoose77 in chore: add README.md to awkward-cpp #1895

New Contributors

• @Laurits7 made their first contribution in docs: Fixed typo in ak.argsort page #1880

Full Changelog: v2.0.0rc3...v2.0.0rc4

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This discussion was created from the release Version 2.0.0rc4.