Version 2.0.0rc5

[jpivarski]

This is one of the last pre-releases before 2.0.0. Most of the focus now is on last-minute API changes; the API can't change without a deprecation cycle after 2.0.0.

New features

• feat: made 'very optional' arguments keyword-only by @jpivarski in feat: made 'very optional' arguments keyword-only #1905
• feat: rename toXXX methods by @agoose77 in feat: rename toXXX methods #1919
• feat: replace nplike with backend in to_buffers by @agoose77 in feat: replace nplike with backend in to_buffers #1942
• feat: add rich IPython display hook to array/record by @agoose77 in feat: add rich IPython display hook to array/record #1938
• feat: move long-range metadata checks to constructors by @jpivarski in feat: move long-range metadata checks to constructors #1939

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: refactor '_nextcarry-outindex' to have the same signature everywhere by @ioanaif in fix: refactor '_nextcarry-outindex' to have the same signature everywhere #1911
• fix: ignore .nox by @ianna in fix: ignore .nox #1912
• refactor!: make Content initialisers take nplike, parameters as keyword by @agoose77 in refactor!: make Content initialisers take nplike, parameters as keyword #1921
• fix: backends should have defaults for user-facing operations by @agoose77 in fix: backends should have defaults for user-facing operations #1940
• fix: consolidate regular indexing by @agoose77 in fix: consolidate regular indexing #1943
• fix: IndexedArray.project() preserves parameters. by @jpivarski in fix: IndexedArray.project() preserves parameters. #1949
• fix: preserve strings in ak.ravel by @agoose77 in fix: preserve strings in ak.ravel #1934
• fix: UnionArray.simplified preserves parameters. by @jpivarski in fix: UnionArray.simplified preserves parameters. #1950

Other

• refactor: introduce backend as a higher abstraction than nplike by @agoose77 in refactor: introduce backend as a higher abstraction than nplike #1922
• refactor: replace simplify_optiontype and simplify_uniontype with simplified classmethod by @jpivarski in refactor: replace simplify_optiontype and simplify_uniontype with simplified classmethod #1928
• refactor: clarify input types for user overloads by @agoose77 in refactor: clarify input types for user overloads #1951
• refactor: removed the 'ak._util.extra' argument helper. by @jpivarski in refactor: removed the 'ak._util.extra' argument helper. #1955
• test: add @ioana's tests of to_arraylib. by @jpivarski in test: add @ioana's tests of to_arraylib. #1908
• test: cover the failure modes of unflatten by @agoose77 in test: cover the failure modes of unflatten #1930
• docs: fix broken build by @agoose77 in docs: fix broken build #1907
• docs: cleanup documentation by @agoose77 in docs: cleanup documentation #1946
• docs: fix shorthand by @agoose77 in docs: fix shorthand #1952
• docs: retested and modernized all the docstrings in highlevel.py. by @jpivarski in docs: retested and modernized all the docstrings in highlevel.py. #1954
• chore: fix NumPy bound & noxfile installs by @agoose77 in chore: fix NumPy bound & noxfile installs #1913
• chore: run yesqa by @agoose77 in chore: run yesqa #1915
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #1920
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #1953

Full Changelog: v2.0.0rc4...v2.0.0rc5

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