Version 2.8.8

[ianna]

New features

• feat: adapt __array__ according to numpy guidelines by @ikrommyd in feat: adapt __array__ according to numpy guidelines #3592
• feat: ensure ability to pickle ak.Array and ak.Record with VirtualArray buffers by @ikrommyd in feat: ensure ability to pickle ak.Array and ak.Record with VirtualArray buffers #3612
• feat: skip materialization of placeholders in to_packed by @ikrommyd in feat: skip materialization of placeholders in to_packed #3637

Bug-fixes and performance

• fix: catch off-by-one out of bound error by @agoose77 in fix: catch off-by-one out of bound error #3621
• fix: avoid unnecessary recursion if not needed by @pfackeldey in fix: avoid unnecessary recursion if not needed #3611
• fix: VirtualArray's deep copy + accidental .data access by @ikrommyd in fix: VirtualArray's deep copy + accidental .data access #3599
• fix: allow arrays with Nones in single argument usage of ak.where by @ikrommyd in fix: allow arrays with Nones in single argument usage of ak.where #3563
• fix: properly handle VirtualArray in nplike.asarray by @ikrommyd in fix: properly handle VirtualArray in nplike.asarray #3597
• fix: do not materialize before custom pickling by @ikrommyd in fix: do not materialize before custom pickling #3633
• fix: do not force LE data-order in form.py by @nileshpatra in fix: do not force LE data-order in form.py #3629
• fix: make to_packed work for typetracer backed IndexedOptionArray, BitMaskedArray, and UnionArray by @ikrommyd in fix: make to_packed work for typetracer backed IndexedOptionArray, BitMaskedArray, and UnionArray #3608
• perf: add slots to virtual array to reduce instance alloc size by @pfackeldey in perf: add slots to virtual array to reduce instance alloc size #3613
• perf: avoid method chaining for some shape_generators by @pfackeldey in perf: avoid method chaining for some shape_generators #3615

Other

• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3602
• chore(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates #3624
• chore: remove materialize_if_virtual by @ikrommyd in chore: remove materialize_if_virtual  #3632
• chore(deps): bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 2.4.0 to 3.0.0 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in chore(deps): bump actions/attest-build-provenance from 2.4.0 to 3.0.0 in the actions group #3635
• chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in chore: update pre-commit hooks #3634
• test: test the virtual array generator before calling .shape in copy test by @ikrommyd in test: test the virtual array generator before calling .shape in copy test #3631
• refactor: VirtualArrays by @pfackeldey in refactor: VirtualArrays #3620
• docs: add nileshpatra as a contributor for code by @allcontributors[bot] in docs: add nileshpatra as a contributor for code #3638
• ci: move job to deploy doc preview to a separte workflow by @ariostas in ci: move job to deploy doc preview to a separte workflow #3627
• ci: doc previews for PRs from forks by @ariostas in ci: doc previews for PRs from forks #3625

New Contributors

• @nileshpatra made their first contribution in fix: do not force LE data-order in form.py #3629

Full Changelog: v2.8.7...v2.8.8

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