Support for Unicode digits

What's Changed

• Added support for Unicode digits (#74, thanks @siegfriedpammer for idea)
• Switched to use embedded symbols

Full Changelog: 4.2.0...4.3.0

Update to .NET 8

What's Changed

• Updated to .NET 8 SDK, added net8.0 target, small build-related internal improvements
• Package now contains README.md

Full Changelog: 4.1.0...4.2.0

Added netstandard2.0 target

What's Changed

• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.3.1 to 17.3.2 by @dependabot in #18
• Bump coverlet.msbuild from 3.1.2 to 3.2.0 by @dependabot in #19
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.3.2 to 17.4.0 by @dependabot in #20
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.4.0 to 17.4.1 by @dependabot in #21
• Bump MinVer from 4.2.0 to 4.3.0 by @dependabot in #23
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.4.1 to 17.5.0 by @dependabot in #24
• Bump jetbrains.resharper.globaltools from 2021.1.0 to 2023.1.0 by @dependabot in #26
• Bump jetbrains.resharper.globaltools from 2023.1.0 to 2023.1.1 by @dependabot in #27
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.5.0 to 17.6.0 by @dependabot in #28
• Bump jetbrains.resharper.globaltools from 2023.1.1 to 2023.1.2 by @dependabot in #29
• Bump coverlet.msbuild from 3.2.0 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot in #30
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.6.0 to 17.6.1 by @dependabot in #31
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.6.1 to 17.6.2 by @dependabot in #32
• Bump jetbrains.resharper.globaltools from 2023.1.2 to 2023.1.3 by @dependabot in #33
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.6.2 to 17.6.3 by @dependabot in #34
• Bump xunit from 2.4.2 to 2.5.0 by @dependabot in #35
• Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.4.5 to 2.5.0 by @dependabot in #36
• Bump jetbrains.resharper.globaltools from 2023.1.3 to 2023.1.4 by @dependabot in #37
• Bump jetbrains.resharper.globaltools from 2023.1.4 to 2023.2.0 by @dependabot in #38
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.6.3 to 17.7.0 by @dependabot in #39
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.7.0 to 17.7.1 by @dependabot in #40
• Bump jetbrains.resharper.globaltools from 2023.2.0 to 2023.2.1 by @dependabot in #41
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk from 17.7.1 to 17.7.2 by @dependabot in #42
• Bump xunit from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 by @dependabot in #44
• Bump xunit.runner.visualstudio from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 by @dependabot in #43
• Bump jetbrains.resharper.globaltools from 2023.2.1 to 2023.2.2 by @dependabot in #45
• Add NetStandard 2.0 target by @kvpt in #46

New Contributors

• @kvpt made their first contribution in #46

Full Changelog: 4.0.0...4.1.0

Strong named assembly

• Dropped net40 target (use netstandard1.3 instead)
• Added strong name (fixes #17)

Update to .NET 6

• Updated the .NET Core target from .NET 5 to .NET 6
• Built using the new SDK
• Minor changes inside (file-scoped namespaces, newer development-time package versions, analyzers)

Small optimizations, .NET 5 target

• Small optimizations
• Development-only C#, NuGet, updates
• Added separate target for .NET 5

Use StringComparison or IComparer<string>

• Changed the API to use more general StringComparison enum or the more general IComparer<string> (instead of StringComparer). Note that using StringComparison instead of IComparer<string>/StringComparer should have better performance as there's no need to allocate substrings.
• Made NaturalSortComparer public, so you can construct it directly without an extension method.
• Changed the extension class name (possibly a breaking change if you're not calling it via the extension method).

Infinite loop fix

• Fixed #4 infinite loop in v2.2.0 (thanks @El-Gor-do)

More perf. improvements, SourceLink

• optimized parts of the algorithm for performance
• added deterministic build with symbols and SourceLink
• better versioning metadata (thanks to MinVer)

Performance improvements

• Rewritten the algorithm with performance in mind (see #2)