Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python into ruff_black_prelude

Author: d-v-b

docs/release.rst

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Enhancements
 Maintenance
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* Refactor the core array tests to reduce code duplication.
+  By :user:`Davis Bennett <d-v-b>` :issue:`1462`.
+
 * Style the codebase with ``ruff`` and ``black``.
   By :user:`Davis Bennett` <d-v-b> :issue:`1459`
 

zarr/storage.py

@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def _require_parent_group(
 
 def init_array(
     store: StoreLike,
-    shape: Tuple[int, ...],
+    shape: Union[int, Tuple[int, ...]],
     chunks: Union[bool, int, Tuple[int, ...]] = True,
     dtype=None,
     compressor="default",