Release Notes v2024.03.18

Bug Fixes

• Issue #3035 - Fixes inconsistent results when broadcasting with empty segments
• Issue #2939 - Fixes TypeError in DataFrame.reset_index
• Issue #2966 - Fixes error when pip installing from a tar file
• Issue #2897 - Fixes bug where DataFrame.corr returns DataFrame without index
• PR #3021 - Adds SegArray optimization and benchmark bug fix

Major Updates

• Issue #2958 - Renames akstats to akscipy
• Issue #2942 - Removes DataFrame.sorted
• Issue #3024 and PR #2976 - Add sparse sum helper to util with merge based and sort based workflows
• Issues #2993, #3008, #3017 - Add a random subfolder and stateful Generator objects
• Issue #2974 - Adds Series.map
• Issue #3019 - Adds outer join option to DataFrame merge
• PRs #2936, #2967, #3014, #3027 - Improve Array API functionality specifically adding stats and manipulation functions

Minor Updates

• Issue #2929 - Updates DataFrame.size to match pandas
• Issues #2906, #2945 - Add shift operators between 2 bool pdarrays and between a combination bool and int64 pdarrays
• Issues #2916, #2919 - Add isspace and capitalize to Strings
• Issue #3023 - Adds to_markdown to DataFrame and Series
• Issue #2957 - Adds Dot Function
• Issue #2960 - Adds memory_usage functions
• Issue #2924 - Updates DataFrame documentation
• Issue #2896 - Updates DataFrame columns to return an Index
• Issue #2952 - Makes Chapel 1.33 release default for CI testing
• Issue #2985 - Updates libzmq version in Makefile
• Issue #2981 - adds LICENSES folder including the licenses for numpy, pandas, and scipy
• Issues #2969, #2971, #2977, #2989 - Update failing proto_tests

Auto-Generated Release Notes

• Add sort compat modules for new sorting algorithm by @bmcdonald3 in #2941
• Closes #2906 shift operator for boolean vectors by @ajpotts in #2944
• Closes #2916 add isspace for pdarrays by @ajpotts in #2946
• Closes #2949: Add compat modules for 1.34 by @bmcdonald3 in #2950
• Closes #2952: Make Chapel 1.33 release default for CI testing by @bmcdonald3 in #2951
• Remove deprecation warnings about domain(?) vs. domain by @jeremiah-corrado in #2953
• Closes #2919 add capitalize to pdarrays by @ajpotts in #2948
• Closes #2945: add Shift Operators for Boolean and Int64 by @jaketrookman in #2954
• Closes #2924 update pydoc strings for arkouda dataframe by @ajpotts in #2943
• Closes #2942 bug in sorted by @ajpotts in #2955
• Closes #2958 rename akstats to akscipy by @ajpotts in #2959
• Closes #2929-dataframe-size-to-match-pandas by @ajpotts in #2961
• Closes #2963-PROTO_tests-tests-akscipy-unit-tests-failing by @ajpotts in #2964
• Fixes #2966: pip install from tar error by @stress-tess in #2968
• Array API manipulation functions by @jeremiah-corrado in #2936
• Add sparse sum helper to util by @stress-tess in #2976
• Closes #2969 PROTO_tests/tests/client_test.py unit tests failing by @ajpotts in #2970
• Closes #2971 PROTO_tests/tests/dtypes_test.py unit tests failing by @ajpotts in #2972
• Closes #2977 PROTO_tests/tests/setops_test.py unit tests failing by @ajpotts in #2979
• Address Random.choice deprecation by @jeremiah-corrado in #2983
• Closes #2985: Update libzmq version in Makefile by @stress-tess in #2986
• Resolve formatting issue in NumpyDType server docs by @jeremiah-corrado in #2992
• Closes #2981 add licenses by @ajpotts in #2988
• Closes #2989 PROTO_tests/tests/pdarray_creation_test.py has failing test by @ajpotts in #2990
• Remove deprecation messages for reader/writer locking default change by @jeremiah-corrado in #2987
• Closes #2994: Remove upper bound on pandas version by @stress-tess in #2995
• Closes #2896 DataFrame columns should return an Index by @ajpotts in #2962
• Closes #2993: Create random subfolder and foundation for generator by @stress-tess in #2997
• Closes #2957: Dot Function by @jaketrookman in #2996
• Closes #2934 DataFrame.unregister_dataframe_by_name string return typ… by @ajpotts in #3011
• Closes #2897 DataFrame.corr returns dataframe without index by @ajpotts in #3012
• Closes #2939 DataFrame.reset_index by @ajpotts in #3013
• Array API stats functions by @jeremiah-corrado in #2967
• Support for creating Array API objects from numpy arrays by @jeremiah-corrado in #3014
• Closes #2960 int version of memory_usage by @ajpotts in #3018
• SegArray optimization & bug fix by @brandon-neth in #3021
• Closes #3019 Add outer join option for dataframe merge by @ajpotts in #3022
• Closes #3031: Update Arkouda for upcoming Chapel 2.0 release by @bmcdonald3 in #3032
• Closes #3008: Add generator sym entry and stateful uniform distribution by @stress-tess in #3016
• Closes #2974 Series.map by @ajpotts in #3010
• Closes #3024: Add merge based workflow and update sort workflow for sparse sum helper by @stress-tess in #3025
• Remove I/O-locking and randomStream.skipTo deprecation messages by @jeremiah-corrado in #3037
• Closes #3023 to_markdown by @ajpotts in #3026
• Array API improvements by @jeremiah-corrado in #3027
• Fixes #3035 - Inconsistent results when broadcasting with empty segments by @stress-tess in #3039
• Closes #3017: Add documentation for our random number generation by @stress-tess in #3044

Full Changelog: v2024.02.02...v2024.03.18