Changes for dask-awkward one-pass optimize #3902

Job	Run time
vanilla-build (windows-latest, 3.11)	5m 51s
numpy2-build (windows-latest, 3.11)	3m 53s
vanilla-build (ubuntu-latest, 3.11)	3m 54s
build (windows-latest, 3.8)	7m 55s
numpy2-build (ubuntu-latest, 3.11)	3m 21s
build (windows-latest, 3.9)	8m 20s
numpy2-build (macos-latest, 3.11)	2m 43s
vanilla-build (macos-latest, 3.11)	3m 1s
build (windows-latest, 3.10)	7m 36s
build (windows-latest, 3.11)	7m 24s
build (windows-latest, 3.12)	8m 11s
build (macos-latest, 3.8)	4m 17s
build (macos-latest, 3.9)	5m 4s
build (macos-latest, 3.10)	4m 23s
build (macos-latest, 3.11)	3m 48s
build (macos-latest, 3.12)	3m 47s
build (ubuntu-latest, 3.8)	10m 39s
build (ubuntu-latest, 3.9)	8m 5s
build (ubuntu-latest, 3.10)	10m 21s
build (ubuntu-latest, 3.11)	8m 3s
build (ubuntu-latest, 3.12)	9m 50s
	2h 10m 26s

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