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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ A total of 49 issues were closed in this release:
 
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+-   [`356fa98`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/356fa98b0572792aa89fe8a36acdf1f4f629826f) - **docs:** add note _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`3a2c420`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/3a2c4202494b17834a1d35227a9d79aa7339cac1) - **feat:** add `falses` to namespace _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`fad2314`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/fad2314e74226b9cfc8c983a83cfd32a68360a56) - **feat:** add `ndarray/falses` _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`b2eb5da`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/b2eb5da5b94858e0d40f62ebe33ef5f52d398acc) - **docs:** update related packages sections [(#12164)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/12164) _(by stdlib-bot)_

falses/lib/main.js

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function falses( shape ) {
 		st = [ 0 ];
 	}
 	out = new ndarray( dtype, buffer( dtype, len ), sh, st, 0, order, opts );
-	fill( out, false );
+	fill( out, false ); // note: we need to explicitly fill, even though a `BooleanArray` instance contains only `false` values upon length-based initialization, as we also need to account for other dtypes, such as "generic", which may be initialized with values other than `false`
 	return out;
 }