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@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+-   [`de5763c`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/de5763c0ae79e809d74237f084b066411be59f0d) - replace policy string with policy object
 -   [`05e83e1`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/05e83e1582cfeef43b39227e4a5c891f9934d1c0) - resolve typo in include guard
 -   [`a996667`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/a9966678dedd564a74999f2c4c5bd47c9a2b0c64) - propagate sign to the accumulated sum
 -   [`ee80204`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/ee80204dfe9c9a6409ebd7873354371bbdbac32e) - propagate sign to the accumulated sum
@@ -411,6 +412,7 @@ A total of 17 issues were closed in this release:
 
 <details>
 
+-   [`de5763c`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/de5763c0ae79e809d74237f084b066411be59f0d) - **fix:** replace policy string with policy object _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`b9d5fc2`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/b9d5fc27dcdc1d57f94f63be1d05276c63025c14) - **docs:** update namespace table of contents [(#6819)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/6819) _(by stdlib-bot, Philipp Burckhardt)_
 -   [`9f85b5d`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/9f85b5d90cb6fcaf052116cd06aa4a693757f0ec) - **test:** fix description _(by Philipp Burckhardt)_
 -   [`05e83e1`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/05e83e1582cfeef43b39227e4a5c891f9934d1c0) - **fix:** resolve typo in include guard _(by Philipp Burckhardt)_

ext/sum/lib/main.js

@@ -31,13 +31,10 @@ var factory = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/unary-reduce-strided1d-dispatch-fac
 
 var idtypes = dtypes( 'numeric_and_generic' );
 var odtypes = dtypes( 'numeric_and_generic' );
-
-// FIXME: consider defining an "accumulation" policy so that small integer arrays do not readily overflow (see the Array API Standard; if changed, need to update the README accordingly)
-
-// FIXME: may need to consider C arithmetic emulation, including for signed/unsigned integers, in order to ensure consistent results (currently, `gsum` accumulates in double-precision in JS; however, given that integer summation is modulo arithmetic, this may not be an issue, as the results may be the same)
-
-// FIXME: per the Array API Standard, if the output dtype differs from the input dtype, the input ndarray should be cast prior to computation (ref: https://data-apis.org/array-api/latest/API_specification/generated/array_api.sum.html)
-var policy = 'same';
+var policies = {
+	'output': 'accumulation',
+	'casting': 'promoted'
+};
 var table = {
 	'types': [
 		'float64', // input
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ var table = {
 * var v = out.get();
 * // returns 39.0
 */
-var sum = factory( table, [ idtypes ], odtypes, policy );
+var sum = factory( table, [ idtypes ], odtypes, policies );
 
 
 // EXPORTS //