Pick ahead features of `elements` from stable/0.3 branch #294

Job	Run time
Build python wheels (manylinux_x86_64, 3.10, cp38)	1m 4s
Build python wheels (manylinux_x86_64, 3.10, cp39)	59s
Build python wheels (manylinux_x86_64, 3.10, cp310)	1m 3s
Build python wheels (manylinux_x86_64, 3.10, cp311)	56s
Build python wheels (win_amd64, 3.10, cp38)	1m 43s
Build python wheels (win_amd64, 3.10, cp39)	1m 40s
Build python wheels (win_amd64, 3.10, cp310)	1m 44s
Build python wheels (win_amd64, 3.10, cp311)	1m 44s
Build python wheels (macosx_x86_64, 3.10, cp38)	2m 12s
Build python wheels (macosx_x86_64, 3.10, cp39)	2m 21s
Build python wheels (macosx_x86_64, 3.10, cp310)	2m 18s
Build python wheels (macosx_x86_64, 3.10, cp311)	1m 44s
Build python wheels (macosx_arm64, 3.10, cp38)	2m 16s
Build python wheels (macosx_arm64, 3.10, cp39)	2m 15s
Build python wheels (macosx_arm64, 3.10, cp310)	2m 13s
Build python wheels (macosx_arm64, 3.10, cp311)	1m 55s
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