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.editorconfig

@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ indent_style = tab
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 2
 
+# Ignore generated lock files for GitHub Agentic Workflows:
+[*.lock.yml]
+charset = unset
+end_of_line = unset
+indent_style = unset
+indent_size = unset
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+insert_final_newline = unset
+
 # Set properties for GYP files:
 [binding.gyp]
 indent_style = space

.gitattributes

@@ -64,3 +64,5 @@ Makefile linguist-vendored
 
 # Configure files which should be included in GitHub language statistics:
 docs/types/*.d.ts -linguist-documentation
+
+.github/workflows/*.lock.yml linguist-generated=true merge=ours

.github/.keepalive

@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 
 <section class="release" id="unreleased">
 
-## Unreleased (2026-03-02)
+## Unreleased (2026-03-30)
 
 <section class="commits">
 
 ### Commits
 
 <details>
 
+-   [`bfc9322`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/bfc9322020792df4f47ea649d6fbed509284f6bd) - **refactor:** perform explicit dtype validation _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`bad91bf`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/bad91bf9fad4693af649750fd4ebe30640358e48) - **bench:** refactor to use string interpolation in `array/zero-to-like` [(#10350)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/10350) _(by Shubham)_
 
 </details>
@@ -24,8 +25,9 @@
 
 ### Contributors
 
-A total of 1 person contributed to this release. Thank you to this contributor:
+A total of 2 people contributed to this release. Thank you to the following contributors:
 
+-   Athan Reines
 -   Shubham
 
 </section>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,11 +20,20 @@
 
 // MODULES //
 
+var contains = require( '@stdlib/array-base-assert-contains' ).factory;
 var zeroTo = require( '@stdlib/array-zero-to' );
 var dtype = require( '@stdlib/array-dtype' );
+var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/array-dtypes' );
+var join = require( '@stdlib/array-base-join' );
 var format = require( '@stdlib/string-format' );
 
 
+// VARIABLES //
+
+var DTYPES = dtypes( 'numeric_and_generic' );
+var isValidDType = contains( DTYPES );
+
+
 // MAIN //
 
 /**
@@ -51,6 +60,11 @@ function zeroToLike( x ) {
 	}
 	if ( arguments.length > 1 ) {
 		dt = arguments[ 1 ];
+		if ( !isValidDType( dt ) ) {
+			throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be one of the following: "%s". Value: `%s`.', join( DTYPES, '", "' ), dt ) );
+		}
+	} else if ( !isValidDType( dt ) ) {
+		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must have one of the following data types: "%s". Value: `%s`.', join( DTYPES, '", "' ), dt ) );
 	}
 	return zeroTo( x.length, dt );
 }

dist/index.js

@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@stdlib/array-base-assert-contains": "^0.2.3",
+    "@stdlib/array-base-join": "^0.1.2",
     "@stdlib/array-dtype": "^0.3.1",
+    "@stdlib/array-dtypes": "^0.4.1",
     "@stdlib/array-zero-to": "^0.2.3",
     "@stdlib/string-format": "^0.2.3",
     "@stdlib/types": "^0.4.3",