as-samples-refactor-589c726932e2a830.yaml

---
features:
  - |
    Support iterator inputs to ``as_samples()``.
    See `#543 <https://github.com/dwavesystems/dimod/issues/543>`_.
  - |
    Add ``SamplesLike`` and ``SampleLike`` to ``dimod.typing``.
    See `#1008 <https://github.com/dwavesystems/dimod/issues/1008>`_.
upgrade:
  - |
    ``as_samples()`` no longer always casts input sample values to integers.
deprecations:
  - |
    Deprecate support for a 2-tuple of ``(dict, list)`` as a samples-like.
    E.g. ``({'a': 1, 'b': 0}, ['a', 'b'])`` is no longer supported.
    ``(array_like, labels)`` is still supported, as is a dictionary.
    Support will be removed in dimod 0.12.0.