2024-03-18

• Update to HighFive 2.8.0.
• Use lookup tables for converting between character encodings and upper/lower-case.
• sys::Transform(std::execution) for C++14.
• Infrastructure to support SIMD processing.
• Simple/incomplete std::mdspan implementation.
• Support for building as a shared library/DLL, disabled by default.
• Create/destroy Xerces just once per process.

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What's Changed

• Add missing files from tarball by @JosephBlegen1 in #751
• reduce use of .c_str() and .str() by @JDanielSmith in #752
• HighFive 2,8,0 by @JDanielSmith in #753
• reduce use of str::toString() by @JDanielSmith in #754
• turn of /Wall for MSVC by @JDanielSmith in #755
• export symbols used by NITRO by @JDanielSmith in #756
• export more symbols by @JDanielSmith in #757
• make SpanRC API match std::mdspan by @JDanielSmith in #758
• provide our own (simple) mdspan implementation by @JDanielSmith in #759
• use a lookup table for str::upper() and str::lower() by @JDanielSmith in #760
• Only need to actually create/destroy Xerces once by @JDanielSmith in #761
• update to latest versions of various actions by @JDanielSmith in #762
• provide a simple implementation of std::experimental::simd by @JDanielSmith in #763
• add back transform_async() as Transform_par() by @JDanielSmith in #764
• Build cleanly with cmake "release" by @JDanielSmith in #765
• remove sys::Ximd by @JDanielSmith in #766
• use lookup tables; remove "strict" processing by @JDanielSmith in #767
• determine UTF-8 at compile-time by @JDanielSmith in #768
• Make it easier to turn off SIMD support by @JDanielSmith in #770
• Release 2024-03-18 by @JDanielSmith in #771

Full Changelog: 2023-10-23...2024-03-18

2023-10-23

• Tweaked .gitattributes.
• Removed str::EncodedStringView; made str conversion routines more consistent.
• FmtX() uses overloads rather than C-style varargs.
• Add std::ssize().
• ENABLE_AVX2 and ENABLE_AVX512F flags for CMake builds.
• Build cleanly with ASAN.

2023-08-18

• New sys::OS::getSIMDInstructionSet() utility routine; SSE2 is required (default with 64-bit builds).
• types::ComplexInteger to work-around std::complex<short> no longer being valid C++.
• Another round of reducing various compiler warnings (of note: NULL -> nullptr).
  @@ -20,6 +9,9 @@
• Update to e2fsprogs 1.47.0.
• Update to xerces-c 3.2.4.
• Update to HDF5 1.14.2.
• mem::ComplexViews renamed to be more descriptive.
• hdf5.lite removed, use HighFive (included).
• added .gitattributes and normalized line-endings (\n for most text files).

2023-06-05

• zlib updated to 1.2.13.
• new mem::ComplexView class to make it easier to process complex data stored in parallel.
• adjust compiler flags for clean CMake builds.
• wrap common "file open" routines (e.g., fopen()) to support sys::expandEnvironmentVariables().
• add header-only HighFive HDF5-wrapper library.
• Added a handful of HighFive utility routines.
• mt::transform_async() removed, it doesn't match C++17 techniques.'
• Revamp sys::byteSwap() for improved type-safety and
  better performance.
• Added case-insensitive string comparison utilties: str::eq() and str::ne();
  xml::lite::Uris compare case-insensitive.

2023-03-10

• Final 🤞🏻 C++11 release from master
  not main/C++14 as releases since
  2022-08-30 have been.
• HDF5 source code added (not built).
• waf self-extractor rebuilt to fix FIPS error.
• Better debug/release configurations for waf builds.
• Minor tweaks from other projects.

2022-12-14

• removed remaining vestiges of std::auto_ptr, provide mem::AutoPtr for the tiny handful of
  places (e.g., SWIG bindings) that still need copying.
• xml::lite::Element overloads to make creting new XML documents easier; see unittests for examples.
• try even harder to find unittest files in various scenarios.
• build hdf5.lite with waf.
• New --optz=fastest-possible (waf only) which adds
  -march=native
  to fastest for waf builds. There is a new faster option (the default) which is currently
  the same as fastest (i.e., no -march=native).

2022-11-04

• "Cut" from main, not master.
• The HDFGroups HDF5 library is built
  and installed; a simple (and very incomplete!) wrapper is provided, this is at the "hello world!" stage.
• A few cli routines have been tweaked to make unit-testing easier.
• Utilitiy routines for finding various files when unit-testing.
• Removed C++14 work-arounds needed in C++11. Legacy C++ exception specificatons removed.
• Rebuild waf for FIPS error; added more debug options.

2022-08-30_cpp14

• Same as Release 2022-08-30 except that
  C++14 is now required (on main).
  The last C++11 build is Release 2022-08-30,
  cut from master.

2022-08-30

• XML is now always written as UTF-8; the code will still try to read Windows-1252.
• Uris are no longer validated by default.
• Minor tweaks from other projects.
• Final C++11 release 🤞🏻; future releases will be C++14 from main.

2022-08-02

• remove Expat and libXML modules and support in xml.lite; only Xerces was actively used.
• fix waf to work-around FIPS warning because of insecure md5 hashing.
• tweak str::EncodedStringView and str::EncodedString for
  future XML changes.