Here we track Array._meta functionality that did not get in with #4543, but should still be implemented.

• Pass meta to all Array() constructors where dtype does not suffice

  • dask/array/core.py (incomplete, must include fix for Leveraging _meta in da.stack #4929)
  • dask/array/creation.py (must include fixes for Dask Array's pad should handle 0-dim constants on the edge #4841, Dask Array's constant pad coerces array to NumPy ndarray #4842)
  • dask/array/percentile.py
  • dask/array/reductions.py (incomplete)
  • dask/array/routines.py (incomplete)
  • dask/array/slicing.py
  • dask/array/wrap.py
  • dask/array/tests/test_array_core.py
  • dask/array/tests/test_atop.py
  • dask/array/tests/test_percentiles.py
  • dask/array/tests/test_slicing.py
  • dask/dataframe/core.py
  • dask/dataframe/io/tests/test_io.py
  • docs/source/array-design.rst (update docs)

• Eventually move all NumPy-specific array creation to match in use array type (discussion in Array creation and __array_function__ #4883, initial implementation of NEP-35 in Support for NEP-35 #6738 )

  • np.empty, np.full, np.ones, np.zeros
  • np.array
  • np.asarray
  • Others?