ENH: searchsorted: allow python scalars for x2

cross-ref data-apis/array-api#982

Author: ev-br

array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py

@@ -285,3 +285,48 @@ def test_searchsorted(data):
     except Exception as exc:
         exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
         raise
+
+
+### @pytest.mark.min_version("2025.12")
+@given(data=st.data())
+def test_searchsorted_with_scalars(data):
+    # 1. draw x1, sorter and side exactly the same as in test_searchsorted
+    x1_dtype = data.draw(st.sampled_from(dh.real_dtypes))
+    _x1 = data.draw(
+        st.lists(
+            xps.from_dtype(x1_dtype, allow_nan=False, allow_infinity=False),
+            min_size=1,
+            unique=True
+        ),
+        label="_x1",
+    )
+    x1 = xp.asarray(_x1, dtype=x1_dtype)
+    if data.draw(st.booleans(), label="use sorter?"):
+        sorter = xp.argsort(x1)
+    else:
+        sorter = None
+        x1 = xp.sort(x1)
+
+    kw = data.draw(hh.kwargs(side=st.sampled_from(["left", "right"])))
+
+    # 2. draw x2, a real-valued scalar (IOW, an int or a float)
+    x2 = data.draw(hh.scalars(st.sampled_from([xp.int32, xp.float64]), finite=True))
+
+    # 3. testing: similar to test_searchsorted, modulo `out.shape == ()`
+    repro_snippet = ph.format_snippet(
+        f"xp.searchsorted({x1!r}, {x2!r}, sorter={sorter!r}, **kw) with {kw = }"
+    )
+    try:
+        out = xp.searchsorted(x1, x2, sorter=sorter, **kw)
+
+        ph.assert_dtype(
+            "searchsorted",
+            in_dtype=[x1.dtype],  #, x2.dtype
+            out_dtype=out.dtype,
+            expected=xp.__array_namespace_info__().default_dtypes()["indexing"],
+        )
+        # TODO: values testing
+        ph.assert_shape("searchsorted", out_shape=out.shape, expected=())
+    except Exception as exc:
+        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        raise