charex 0.5.2

charex 0.5.2

charex 0.5.2 is the first PyPI publishing release for the Numba 0.65.1
compatibility line. The PyPI distribution is published as charex-numba; the
import package remains charex.

Highlights

• Keeps the 0.5.1 string behavior and fixed-width scalar broadcasting fix.
• Adds the PyPI Trusted Publishing workflow for release artifacts.
• Refreshes the README introduction and quick-start example for PyPI users.
• Publishes release artifacts from CI rather than local builds.

Compatibility

• Python >=3.10,<3.15
• Numba >=0.65.1,<0.66
• NumPy supported/tested window: >=1.22,<1.27 or >=2.0,<2.5
• llvmlite 0.47.x

np.strings support is conditional on NumPy 2.x.

Not In Scope

• New string operations beyond the 0.5.0 read-only catalog.
• Fresh benchmark artifacts.
• Transformation/output-producing operations such as replace, case conversion,
  strip, pad, join, split, encode, and decode.