Advance numba from 0.36.1 to 0.40.0 in asv py3.6 environment (#1440)

* Advance numba from 0.36.1 to 0.40.0

* Advance numba from 0.36.1 to 0.40.0

* Updated whatsnew.rst

Author: Naman-Priyadarshi

benchmarks/asv.conf.json

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
             // Note: these don't have a minimum in setup.py
             "h5py": "2.10.0",
             "ephem": "3.7.6.0",
-            "numba": "0.36.1",
+            "numba": "0.40.0",
         },
         // latest versions available
         {

docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.9.2.rst

@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ Bug fixes
 * :py:func:`pvlib.irradiance.get_total_irradiance` and
   :py:func:`pvlib.solarposition.spa_python` now raise an error instead
   of silently ignoring unknown parameters (:ghpull:`1437`)
-  
 Testing
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 Documentation
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+Benchmarking
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Updated version of numba in asv.conf from 0.36.1 to 0.40.0 to solve numba/numpy conflict. (:issue:`1439`, :pull:`1440`)
 Requirements
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