Version 0.61.2 (07 April 2025)
==============================

This is a maintenance release that adds support for NumPy 2.2 and fixes some
regressions reported against 0.61.0.

Highlights
~~~~~~~~~~

Support for NumPy 2.2
---------------------

Numba now supports NumPy 2.2, with the following notable changes:

- ``np.empty(0)`` cannot be treated as a boolean value anymore. This is a
  breaking change for code that relies on this behavior. The following code
  will raise a ``ValueError``:

  .. code-block:: python

      import numpy as np
      if np.empty(0):
          print("This will not be printed")

- Generic timedeltas can no longer be hashed due to undefined time units.

- From NumPy 2.2 onwards, hash values for ``numpy.timedelta64`` and
  ``numpy.datetime64`` instances computed in Numba compiled code do not match
  the NumPy hash values of the same. Prior to NumPy 2.2, NumPy hash values for
  ``numpy.timedelta64`` and ``numpy.datetime64`` instances were equivalent to
  their integer value representation. From NumPy 2.2 onwards, their hash value
  is the same as the hash of the equivalent type from the built-in ``datetime``
  module, Numba does not replicate this behaviour.

- ``np.trimzeros`` now also trims ``\0`` values.

(`PR-#9919 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9919>`__)


Bug Fixes
~~~~~~~~~

Fix static type checker support for ``numba.core.types``
--------------------------------------------------------

When Numba 0.61 introduced the split type system, it resulted in dynamic type 
behavior that was incompatible with static type checkers. To resolve this,
we've added a type stub file (``.pyi``) for ``numba.core.types`` that provides
explicit type annotations.

(`PR-#9945 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9945>`__)

Fix issue in code generation for array set-slice.
-------------------------------------------------

The code generation for array set-slice was inadvertently written as being CPU
target specific. This is now rectified and refactored so as to provide a
"generic" target version that should be safe to use everywhere, along with an
``@overload``-able stub to allow targets to implement custom versions as needed.

(`PR-#9972 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9972>`__)

Pull-Requests:

* PR `#9919 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9919>`_: Support for NumPy 2.2 (`kc611 <https://github.com/kc611>`__)
* PR `#9920 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9920>`_: adding win-64 builder for Numba conda packages (`swap357 <https://github.com/swap357>`__ `esc <https://github.com/esc>`__)
* PR `#9940 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9940>`_: add GHA workflow for building numba wheels for win-64 (`swap357 <https://github.com/swap357>`__)
* PR `#9945 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9945>`_: Add type stub to numba.core.types to help static type checkers. (`sklam <https://github.com/sklam>`__)
* PR `#9964 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9964>`_: remove upper pin on NumPy (`esc <https://github.com/esc>`__)
* PR `#9965 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9965>`_: update win-64 conda builder test matrix (`swap357 <https://github.com/swap357>`__)
* PR `#9972 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9972>`_: Fix issue with error handling in slice assignment. (`stuartarchibald <https://github.com/stuartarchibald>`__)
* PR `#9999 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9999>`_: Added release notes and version table entry for 0.61.1rc1 (`kc611 <https://github.com/kc611>`__)
* PR `#10002 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/10002>`_: GHA workflows and other cherry picks for release0.61.1 (`sklam <https://github.com/sklam>`__ `swap357 <https://github.com/swap357>`__ `kc611 <https://github.com/kc611>`__)

Authors:

* `esc <https://github.com/esc>`_
* `kc611 <https://github.com/kc611>`_
* `sklam <https://github.com/sklam>`_
* `stuartarchibald <https://github.com/stuartarchibald>`_
* `swap357 <https://github.com/swap357>`_