4.2.4

[jpivarski]

@kkothari2001 implemented uproot.dask (for library="np" only), a new function to provide Uproot data as Dask arrays: PRs #578, #603. Added another new function, uproot.num_entries, for getting the number of TTree entries from a set of files with minimal reading: PR #609.

@jpivarski removed tests that rely on a ROOT TStreamerInfo behavior: PR #612. Changed awkward_form arguments to (self, file, context) so that new pseudo-arguments can be passed through the context without another major code change: PR #611. This is to prepare for @aryan26roy's AwkwardForth implementation of AsObjects interpretations (see #610, WIP targeting Uproot 5).

Note: this is the last Uproot 4 release before the repo branches into main (for version 5) and main-v4 (for bug-fixes in Uproot 4, starting with 4.3.0). Uproot 5 will incorporate Awkward version 2, as described in the Awkward road map, but it will have minimal interface changes relative to Uproot 4 (mostly just uproot.lazy → uproot.dask).

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This discussion was created from the release 4.2.4.