Version 2.0.6

New features

• feat: expose typetracer in public backend API by @agoose77 in #2066
• feat: add byteorder argument to to_buffers by @agoose77 in #2095
• feat: add exception for missing field by @agoose77 in #2120

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: support scalars in tuple (and list) arguments provided to __array_function__ by @agoose77 in #2045
• fix: support option-in-record for fill_none by @agoose77 in #2065
• fix: support unzipping ak.Record by @agoose77 in #2077
• fix: render keyword and varargs by @agoose77 in #2074
• fix: don't try to re-wrap array_function overload results by @agoose77 in #2079
• fix: support merging of RegularArray and NumpyArray by @agoose77 in #2063
• fix: correct NumPy zero-size broadcasting by @agoose77 in #2083
• fix: implement explicit translation for NEP-18 by @agoose77 in #2089
• fix: listarray - slicing expects scalars by @ianna in #2069
• fix: off-by-one error in run_lengths by @agoose77 in #2093
• fix: broken links due to cpp split by @agoose77 in #2087
• fix: unflatten should accept non-packed counts by @agoose77 in #2097
• fix: remove string casting from ak.to_layout by @agoose77 in #2098
• fix: support categorical counts in ak.unflatten by @agoose77 in #2099
• fix: use pickleable closure for ak.mixin_class_method by @agoose77 in #2102
• fix: be more permissive with sort translation by @agoose77 in #2112
• fix: merging 1D NumpyArray with option by @agoose77 in #2105
• fix: support is_indexed types in ak.fill_none by @agoose77 in #2111
• fix: use object.__new__(ak.Array) for pickling constructor by @agoose77 in #2113
• fix: remove Long64_t from common header-only by @ianna in #2084
• fix: TypeTracerArray binary operators, ak.Array.__str__ with a typetracer, attempts to call touch_data on non-typetracers, ...? by @jpivarski in #2115
• fix: add ScalarType and treat bare strings as char arrays by @agoose77 in #2116
• fix: ensure Exception if branch evaluates for Awkward type by @agoose77 in #2019

Other

• refactor: add @final to contents, types, and forms by @agoose77 in #2033
• refactor: remove kind and order args to sorting protocols by @agoose77 in #2090
• docs: remove reference to sorting implementation by @agoose77 in #2114
• test: fix on win32 by @agoose77 in #2117
• ci: remove link checker by @agoose77 in #2075
• chore: update pyodide-build by @agoose77 in #2060
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in #2039
• chore(deps): bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.11.3 to 2.11.4 by @dependabot in #2038
• chore(deps): bump mymindstorm/setup-emsdk from 11 to 12 by @dependabot in #2119

Full Changelog: v2.0.5...v2.0.6