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@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 
 <section class="release" id="unreleased">
 
-## Unreleased (2026-03-23)
+## Unreleased (2026-03-30)
 
 <section class="commits">
 
 ### Commits
 
 <details>
 
+-   [`9d06cf9`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/9d06cf9a66cd23f2640a7b20652748152cb90ee9) - **refactor:** perform explicit dtype validation _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`8452bac`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/8452bacd27b9cb267bc12c5d87d0e80fb4955f4d) - **bench:** refactor to use string interpolation in `array/zeros-like` [(#10349)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/10349) _(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

@@ -20,9 +20,18 @@
 
 // MODULES //
 
-var format = require( '@stdlib/string-format' );
+var contains = require( '@stdlib/array-base-assert-contains' ).factory;
 var dtype = require( '@stdlib/array-dtype' );
 var zeros = require( '@stdlib/array-zeros' );
+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 zerosLike( 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 zeros( 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-zeros": "^0.2.3",
     "@stdlib/string-format": "^0.2.3",
     "@stdlib/types": "^0.4.3",
@@ -46,7 +49,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@stdlib/array-complex128": "^0.3.2",
     "@stdlib/array-complex64": "^0.3.2",
-    "@stdlib/array-dtypes": "^0.4.1",
     "@stdlib/array-float32": "^0.2.3",
     "@stdlib/array-float64": "^0.2.3",
     "@stdlib/array-int16": "^0.2.3",