Version 2.6.2

[jpivarski]

New features

• feat: add CUDA kernels that calculate length/sum by @ManasviGoyal in feat: add CUDA kernels that calculate length/sum #2992
• feat: add variable length loop kernels by @ManasviGoyal in feat: add variable length loop kernels #3003
• feat: make ak.mean and ak.count differentiable by @Saransh-cpp in feat: make ak.mean and ak.count differentiable #3020

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: remove redundant(?) Jax.is_tracer_type check in _layout by @Saransh-cpp in fix: remove redundant(?) Jax.is_tracer_type check in _layout #3013
• fix: throw more meaningful error message for non-NumPy buffers by @agoose77 in fix: throw more meaningful error message for non-NumPy buffers #3026
• fix: proper typetracer array slicing in BitMaskedArray by @agoose77 in fix: proper typetracer array slicing in BitMaskedArray #3028
• fix: ak.flatten on BitMaskedArray by @agoose77 in fix: ak.flatten on BitMaskedArray #3034
• fix: performance of ufunc resolution for non-nominal signatures by @agoose77 in fix: performance of ufunc resolution for non-nominal signatures #3030

Other

• test: update tests-cuda to use 'ByteMaskedArray.simplified' by @jpivarski in test: update tests-cuda to use 'ByteMaskedArray.simplified' #3024
• ci: Add nightly upload of wheels to Anaconda Cloud by @matthewfeickert in ci: Add nightly upload of wheels to Anaconda Cloud #3012
• ci: Update scientific-python/upload-nightly-action from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0 by @matthewfeickert in ci: Update scientific-python/upload-nightly-action from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0 #3031
• ci: Upload nightly wheels to scientific-python-nightly-wheels org by @matthewfeickert in ci: Upload nightly wheels to scientific-python-nightly-wheels org #3032
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3005
• chore: fix ruff warnings by @agoose77 in chore: fix ruff warnings #3010
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3022
• chore: figuring out how to implement ak.from_cudf by @jpivarski in chore: figuring out how to implement ak.from_cudf #3027
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3029
• chore(deps): bump the actions group with 1 update by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump the actions group with 1 update #3035
• chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump the actions group with 2 updates #3037

Full Changelog: v2.6.1...v2.6.2

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