Version 1.7.0

This release adds a new MultiCell storage, allowing an predefined number of values to be histogrammed per bin. Python 3.10+ is now required, and free-threaded support only ships binaries for 3.14t.

Features

• MultiCell storage, supporting a variable number of values, by @Superharz in #1008
• Record growth=True in writer-info (serialization), and respect it if present by @henryiii in #1074
• Drop Python 3.9 by @henryiii in #1057
• Drop Python 3.13t (use 3.14t instead) by @henryiii in #1079

Bug fixes

• Don't add empty metadata dicts by @henryiii in #1048
• Avoid compiler warning: declaration of 'i' hides previous local declaration by @Superharz in #1068

Internal

• Refactor __getitem__ using pattern matching by @henryiii in #1067
• pytest log_level is better than log_cli_level by @henryiii in #1059
• Setting __file__ no longer required (pybind11 3.0) by @henryiii in #1066
• This should work on iOS now in cibuildwheel by @henryiii in #1049

New Contributors

• @Superharz made their first contribution in #1068

Full Changelog: v1.6.1...v1.7.0