chore: accommodate numpy immutable scalar memory sharing

[wpbonelli]

With numpy 2.4.0, scalars share memory numpy/numpy@5386540

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 72.7%. Comparing base (556c088) to head (07078c7).
⚠️ Report is 100 commits behind head on develop.

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+ Coverage     55.5%    72.7%   +17.1%     
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  Files          644      667      +23     
  Lines       124135   129564    +5429     
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+ Hits         68947    94212   +25265     
+ Misses       55188    35352   -19836     

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