New features feat: add a ref to the original 'unclipped' buffer generator by @pfackeldey in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3497 feat: improve assertion error message in kernels by @pfackeldey in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3498 feat: do not allow records, primitives, or bare strings in ak.materialize (+ docs display fix) by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3501 Bug-fixes and performance fix: more meaningful assertion error in length calculation in case of column optimization problems in dask-awkward by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3499 fix: use cmath instead of bit mask for infinite doubles by @APN-Pucky in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3505 fix: runtime for ak.combinations with cuda backend by @ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3502 fix: pass backend to RecordArray by @ianna in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3507 fix: pass backend to EmptyArray by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3508 fix: Python 3.13 classifier to awkward-cpp by @APN-Pucky in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3510 Other docs: fix a small typo in IndexedArray docstring by @ikrommyd in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3496 chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3500 chore: update pre-commit hooks by @pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3506 New Contributors @APN-Pucky made their first contribution in https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/pull/3505 Full Changelog: https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/compare/v2.8.2...v2.8.3

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