Release v5.0

[tylov]

Finally after nearly two years, a new release of STC! It has lots of improvements, new features and bug fixes. There are a number of breaking changes since the last released version, so make sure to check out the version history. Special thanks to all who contributed with PRs, bug reports and suggestions!

New Features in v5.0**

• New main build system with Meson. Simple Makefile provided as well.
• New sum type (tagged union), included via algorithm.h
• New single/multi-dimensional generic span type, with numpy-like slicing.
• Coroutines now support structured concurrency and symmetric coroutines.
• Coroutines now support error handling and error recovery.
• Template parameter i_type lets you define i_type, i_key, and i_val all in one line (comma separated).
• Template parameters i_keyclass and i_valclass to specify types with _drop() and _clone() functions defined.
• Template parameters i_keypro and i_valpro to specify cstr, box and arc types (users may also define pro-types).
• hmap now uses Robin Hood hashing (very fast on clang compiler).
• Several new algorithms added, e.g. c_filter (ranges-like).
• A lot of improvements and bug fixes.

What's Changed

• add cco macro, block style coroutine definition by @liigo in add cco macro, block style coroutine definition #57
• Merge in backported code from master by @tylov in Merge in backported code from master #63
• Dev43 by @tylov in Dev43 #65
• Use attribute((unused)) for clang too by @sgraham in Use __attribute__((unused)) for clang too #73
• Remove trailing whitespace by @sgraham in Remove trailing whitespace #75
• singleheader.py fixes for Windows and newer Python by @sgraham in singleheader.py fixes for Windows and newer Python #74
• Fix issue with cbits_resize overwriting data when shrinking by @thehoustonian in Fix issue with cbits_resize overwriting data when shrinking #94
• Fix arc memory leak by @wmww in Fix arc memory leak #82
• Detect Clang and Intel compilers for unused attribute. by @Melkor-1 in Detect Clang and Intel compilers for unused attribute. #89
• fix some mistake in deq_api.md by @soyoo in fix some mistake in deq_api.md #90
• Add meson build system support by @mochaaP in Add meson build system support #98
• build/meson: fix building as a subproject by @mochaaP in build/meson: fix building as a subproject #100
• ci: add meson build/tests with asan/ubsan/msan by @mochaaP in ci: add meson build/tests with asan/ubsan/msan #101
• build: misc changes by @mochaaP in build: misc changes #111

New Contributors

• @sgraham made their first contribution in Use __attribute__((unused)) for clang too #73
• @thehoustonian made their first contribution in Fix issue with cbits_resize overwriting data when shrinking #94
• @wmww made their first contribution in Fix arc memory leak #82
• @Melkor-1 made their first contribution in Detect Clang and Intel compilers for unused attribute. #89
• @soyoo made their first contribution in fix some mistake in deq_api.md #90
• @mochaaP made their first contribution in Add meson build system support #98

Full Changelog: v4.2...v5.0

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This discussion was created from the release Release v5.0.

[liigo]

great work!