changelog

Author: wjakob

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -15,6 +15,67 @@ case, both modules must use the same nanobind ABI version, or they will be
 isolated from each other. Releases that don't explicitly mention an ABI version
 below inherit that of the preceding release.
 
+Version 2.9.0 (TBA)
+-------------------
+
+- Nanobind's CMake stub generation command :cmake:command:`nanobind_add_stub`
+  can now automatically traverse submodule hierarchies and generate :ref:`many
+  stub files at once <stubgen_recursive_cmake>`. (PR `#1148
+  <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1148>`__).
+
+- Recursive stub generation now correctly organizes stub files hierarchically (e.g.
+  ``my_ext.pyi`` versus ``my_ext/__init__.pyi``). (commits `ad9d3fe
+  <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/commit/ad9d3fe4a631b25dbef0eca54a4ac5f96f064596>`__,
+  `620c1c1
+  <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/commit/620c1c13430bed882d76d2c12efadaa4e9f3f37d>`__).
+
+- The stub generator now exposes NumPy array types as ``NDArray[np.float32]``
+  (or similar) instead of ``Annotated[ArrayLike, dict(...)]`` to simplify
+  type-checking. (PR `#1149 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1149>`__,
+  commit `37dd2c
+  <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/commit/37dd2c6d6a44f9657fb08c46b2d5e5c1623a1048>`__).
+
+- Nanobind (finally!) correctly implements in-place updates to dicts, lists,
+  etc. Previously, a C++ operation like
+
+  .. code-block:: cpp
+
+     nb::dict my_dict = ...;
+     my_dict["key"] += 1;
+
+  performed an addition but failed to reassign the updated value to the
+  original key. (PR `#1119 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1119>`__).
+
+- When cast operations like :cpp:func:`nb::cast() <cast>` fail to convert a
+  value, they raise a generic ``std::bad_cast`` exception that loses the
+  context of why the cast failed. When a Python error status is available, they
+  now preferentially raise :cpp:class:`nb::python_error <python_error>`. This
+  helps to track down issues with default argument conversion. (PR `#1137
+  <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1137>`__).
+
+- Miscellaneous minor fixes and improvements. (PRs
+  `#1092 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1092>`__
+  `#1107 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1107>`__,
+  `#1120 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1120>`__,
+  `#1124 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1124>`__.
+  `#1128 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1128>`__,
+  `#1135 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1135>`__,
+  `#1138 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1138>`__,
+  `#1142 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1142>`__,
+  commits
+  `d99b3f3 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/commit/d99b3f3580b6c956f04851e8ed91e7eb5f259557>`__,
+  `0147904 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/commit/0147904cee4baaa597780b22920f8cf0577af4d6>`__).
+
+- Minor documentation tweaks. (PRs
+  `#1109 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1109>`__,
+  `#1108 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1108>`__,
+  `#1114 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1114>`__,
+  `#1117 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1117>`__,
+  `#1134 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1134>`__,
+  `#1132 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1132>`__,
+  `#1090 <https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/pull/1090>`__).
+
+
 Version 2.8.0 (July 16, 2025)
 -----------------------------
 

docs/typing.rst

@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ This requires several changes:
 The :cmake:command:`nanobind_add_stub` command has a few other options, please
 refer to its documentation for details.
 
+.. _stubgen_recursive_cmake:
 
 Recursive stub generation
 _________________________