v0.16.2

New features

• $cut() and $qcut() to bin continuous values into discrete categories (#1057).
• pl$scan_parquet() and pl$read_parquet() can read data from the internet by specifying a URL to the first argument (#1056, @andyquinterom).
• pl$scan_parquet() and pl$read_parquet() gain an argument storage_options to scan/read data via cloud storage providers (GCP, AWS, Azure). Note that this support is experimental (#1056, @andyquinterom).
• Add support for the Enum datatype via pl$Enum() (#1061).

Bug fixes

• In some read/scan functions, downloading files could fail if the URL was too long. This is now fixed (#1049, @DyfanJones).

New Contributors

• @DyfanJones made their first contribution in #1049
• @andyquinterom made their first contribution in #1056

Full Changelog: v0.16.1...v0.16.2