Version 2.3.2

[jpivarski]

New features

• feat: add support for expected termination of transform functions by @agoose77 in feat: add support for expected termination of transform functions #2595
• feat: export error classes by @agoose77 in feat: export error classes #2613
• feat: unpickle arrays made in Awkward v1 (as v2). by @jpivarski in feat: unpickle arrays made in Awkward v1 (as v2). #2604
• feat: use pyarrow for string functions by @jpivarski in feat: use pyarrow for string functions #2616
• feat: add support for dictionary encoding from Arrow by @agoose77 in feat: add support for dictionary encoding from Arrow #2630
• feat: add CPU kernel for to_numpy support for strings/bytestrings by @agoose77 in feat: add CPU kernel for to_numpy support for strings/bytestrings #2631

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: don't decorate non-Exception subclasses by @agoose77 in fix: don't decorate non-Exception subclasses #2587
• fix: use to_backend_array() instead of asarray by @agoose77 in fix: use to_backend_array() instead of asarray #2592
• fix: artefacts → artifacts in pyproject.toml by @agoose77 in fix: artefacts → artifacts in pyproject.toml #2612
• fix: adjust for numexpr 2.8.5, which hid getContext's frame_depth argument by @jpivarski in fix: adjust for numexpr 2.8.5, which hid getContext's frame_depth argument #2617
• fix: add inline to prevent multiple definitions by @ManasviGoyal in fix: add inline to prevent multiple definitions #2606
• fix: support lists of strings in ak.zip with optiontype_outside_record=True by @agoose77 in fix: support lists of strings in ak.zip with optiontype_outside_record=True #2623
• fix: support counts=len(array) in ak.unflatten by @agoose77 in fix: support counts=len(array) in ak.unflatten #2632
• fix: support non int64 index in ListArray's pad_none by @agoose77 in fix: support non int64 index in ListArray's pad_none #2634
• fix: assert nextlen == 0 in reducer should also allow unknown_length by @jpivarski in fix: assert nextlen == 0 in reducer should also allow unknown_length #2610

Other

• refactor: add new module and name arguments to high_level_function decorator by @agoose77 in refactor: add new module and name arguments to high_level_function decorator #2620
• docs: add guide on unflattening and grouping by @agoose77 in docs: add guide on unflattening and grouping #2622
• docs: remove reference to old arrayclass by @agoose77 in docs: remove reference to old arrayclass #2640
• docs: initial user-guide pass for string functions by @agoose77 in docs: initial user-guide pass for string functions #2635
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.13.1 to 2.14.1 by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.13.1 to 2.14.1 #2584
• chore(deps): bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.7 to 1.8.8 by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.7 to 1.8.8 #2580
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #2565
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #2585
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in chore: update pre-commit hooks #2619
• chore: use 2x faster black mirror by @henryiii in chore: use 2x faster black mirror #2633
• chore: drop 3.7 classifier by @agoose77 in chore: drop 3.7 classifier #2636
• chore(deps): bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.8 to 1.8.9 by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.8.8 to 1.8.9 #2639
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.14.1 to 2.15.0 by @dependabot in chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.14.1 to 2.15.0 #2629

Full Changelog: v2.3.1...v2.3.2

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