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v2.4.2

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1 features🐛 6 fixes🔧 4 symbols

Summary

NumPy 2.4.2 is a patch release focused on bug fixes, including resolving memory leaks and updating OpenBLAS to prevent hangs. It also adds minor feature enhancements like datetime string acceptance in arange.

Migration Steps

  1. No specific migration steps required for this patch release, but users should be aware of OpenBLAS update.

✨ New Features

  • arange now accepts datetime strings.

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed memory leaks.
  • Updated OpenBLAS to resolve hangs.
  • Validated contraction axes in tensordot.
  • Fixed free-threaded PyObject layout in replace_scalar_type_names.
  • Fixed thread safety of array_getbuffer.
  • Fixed quantile promotion logic.

Affected Symbols