Python Polars 0.19.14

🏆 Highlights

• Support Python 3.12 (#12094)
• make 1D numpy to polars conversion zero-copy for numeric data (#12403)

⚠️ Deprecations

• Rename DataFrame column index methods (#12542)
• Rename Series.set_at_idx to scatter (#12540)
• Deprecate Series.view (#12539)
• Rename cumulative functions cumsum -> cum_sum and similar (#12513)
• Rename take to gather (#12528)
• Add dedicated horizontal aggregation methods to DataFrame (#12492)
• Rename take_every to gather_every (#12531)
• Deprecate Series.inner_dtype property (#12494)
• Deprecate parse_int in favor of to_integer (#12464)
• Deprecate DataType method is_not (#12458)
• Deprecate Series methods is_boolean and is_utf8 (#12457)
• Add DataType.is_integer and other dtype groups (#12200)

🚀 Performance improvements

• speed up parquet download of streaming engine (#12544)
• speed up cov/corr with SIMD + strength-reduction ~3x 0.19.13/ ~2x numpy (#12471)
• apply predicates and statistics of parquet files in streaming mode (#12439)
• use online algorithm for cov/corr ~2x (#12412)
• make 1D numpy to polars conversion zero-copy for numeric data (#12403)

✨ Enhancements

• Add dedicated horizontal aggregation methods to DataFrame (#12492)
• support http scan_parquet (#12517)
• Add support for UTF-8 BOM option in write_csv and sink_csv (#12253)
• remove lexical (replace with atoi_simd, ryu, and itao). (#12512)
• more changes for versioned plugins (#12504)
• plugins add version and context (#12433)
• Add DataType.is_integer and other dtype groups (#12200)
• include i128 in more primitive functions (#12413)
• write rolling functions as private expressions. (#12379)

🐞 Bug fixes

• fix incorrect ternary agg states (#12538)
• fix and improve ternary evaluation on groups (#12529)
• saturating sub in debug msg (#12525)
• fix panic when writing Decimal type to parquet (#12532)
• pre-fefetch struct columns in async projection pd (#12514)
• rechunk cross join output in streaming (#12511)
• Ensure behaviour ofSeries comparison with timedelta matches that of other types (#12497)
• fix as_list logical types (#12507)
• fix streaming cross join on empty df (#12491)
• dont overflow when calculating date range over very long periods (#12479)
• Allow append/zip_with/extend on local categoricals (#12369)
• Do not panic if time is invalid (#12466)
• ensure explicit "return_dtype" is respected by map_dicts (#12436)
• empty csv no-raise (#12434)
• Fix scan_csv error type (#12355)
• binary operations in aggregation context on literals (#12430)
• raw HTML output alignment was incorrect for dtype in header (#12422)
• update groups state after binary aggregation (#12415)
• Remove extra \n when reading file-like object wi… (#12333)
• Issue correct PolarsInefficientMapWarning for lshift/rshift operations (#12385)
• revert ternary special broadcast, ensure broadcast is always to max height (#12395)
• ensure first/last return null if empty (#12401)

🛠️ Other improvements

• fix and improve ternary evaluation on groups (#12529)
• Add polars-ds to list of community plugins (#12527)
• Future-proof consortium standard test (#12524)
• add schema test (#12523)
• remove lexical (replace with atoi_simd, ryu, and itao). (#12512)
• add test for previous commit (#12510)
• Update polars-hash reference (#12505)
• Add note on hash stability and mention polars-hash (#12496)
• Support Python 3.12 (#12094)
• Improved import polars timing test; now much more consistent/reliable (#12478)
• Use .with_columns() in all .list namespace examples (#12475)
• update rustc (#12468)
• Fix docs trigger (#12449)
• Update for new maturin release (#12437)
• Remove 'experimental' tag for auto-structify setting (#12435)
• make "DataFrame" and "Series" case more consistent across docs/comments/errors (#12428)
• dprint/markdown link checker minor updates (#12409)
• Use manylinux_2_17 for building x86-64 wheel (#12408)
• Use manylinux 2.24 instead of 2.28 for compatibility reasons (#12397)
• use with_columns in is_in example, and fix some bullet points not rendering (#12383)

Thank you to all our contributors for making this release possible!
@MarcoGorelli, @abstractqqq, @alexander-beedie, @c-peters, @cmdlineluser, @hirohira9119, @ion-elgreco, @jerome3o, @nameexhaustion, @reswqa, @ritchie46, @stinodego and @uchiiii