datasets 4.5.0

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Dataset Features

• Add lance format support by @eddyxu in #7913

  • Support for both Lance dataset (including metadata / manifests) and standalone .lance files
  • e.g. with lance-format/fineweb-edu

  from datasets import load_dataset
  
  ds = load_dataset("lance-format/fineweb-edu", streaming=True)
  for example in ds["train"]:
      ...

What's Changed

• Raise early for invalid revision in load_dataset by @Scott-Simmons in #7929
• fix low but large example indexerror by @CloseChoice in #7912
• Fix method to retrieve attributes from file object by @lhoestq in #7938
• add _OverridableIOWrapper by @lhoestq in #7942
• Add _generate_shards by @lhoestq in #7943

New Contributors

• @eddyxu made their first contribution in #7913
• @Scott-Simmons made their first contribution in #7929

Full Changelog: 4.4.2...4.5.0