.. _changelog: Changelog ######### 1.8 (April 30, 2016) ---------------------- TBD 1.7 (April 30, 2016) ---------------------- * Added a new ``move`` return value policy that triggers C++11 move semantics. The automatic return value policy falls back to this case whenever a rvalue reference is encountered * Significantly more general GIL state routines that are used instead of Python's troublesome ``PyGILState_Ensure`` and ``PyGILState_Release`` API * Redesign of opaque types that drastically simplifies their usage * Extended ability to pass values of type ``[const] void *`` * ``keep_alive`` fix: don't fail when there is no patient * ``functional.h``: acquire the GIL before calling a Python function * Added Python RAII type wrappers ``none`` and ``iterable`` * Added ``*args`` and ``*kwargs`` pass-through parameters to ``pybind11.get_include()`` function * Iterator improvements and fixes * Documentation on return value policies and opaque types improved 1.6 (April 30, 2016) ---------------------- * Skipped due to upload to PyPI gone wrong and inability to recover (https://github.com/pypa/packaging-problems/issues/74) 1.5 (April 21, 2016) ---------------------- * For polymorphic types, use RTTI to try to return the closest type registered with pybind11 * Pickling support for serializing and unserializing C++ instances to a byte stream in Python * Added a convenience routine ``make_iterator()`` which turns a range indicated by a pair of C++ iterators into a iterable Python object * Added ``len()`` and a variadic ``make_tuple()`` function * Addressed a rare issue that could confuse the current virtual function dispatcher and another that could lead to crashes in multi-threaded applications * Added a ``get_include()`` function to the Python module that returns the path of the directory containing the installed pybind11 header files * Documentation improvements: import issues, symbol visibility, pickling, limitations * Added casting support for ``std::reference_wrapper<>`` 1.4 (April 7, 2016) -------------------------- * Transparent type conversion for ``std::wstring`` and ``wchar_t`` * Allow passing ``nullptr``-valued strings * Transparent passing of ``void *`` pointers using capsules * Transparent support for returning values wrapped in ``std::unique_ptr<>`` * Improved docstring generation for compatibility with Sphinx * Nicer debug error message when default parameter construction fails * Support for "opaque" types that bypass the transparent conversion layer for STL containers * Redesigned type casting interface to avoid ambiguities that could occasionally cause compiler errors * Redesigned property implementation; fixes crashes due to an unfortunate default return value policy * Anaconda package generation support 1.3 (March 8, 2016) -------------------------- * Added support for the Intel C++ compiler (v15+) * Added support for the STL unordered set/map data structures * Added support for the STL linked list data structure * NumPy-style broadcasting support in ``pybind11::vectorize`` * pybind11 now displays more verbose error messages when ``arg::operator=()`` fails * pybind11 internal data structures now live in a version-dependent namespace to avoid ABI issues * Many, many bugfixes involving corner cases and advanced usage 1.2 (February 7, 2016) -------------------------- * Optional: efficient generation of function signatures at compile time using C++14 * Switched to a simpler and more general way of dealing with function default arguments. Unused keyword arguments in function calls are now detected and cause errors as expected * New ``keep_alive`` call policy analogous to Boost.Python's ``with_custodian_and_ward`` * New ``pybind11::base<>`` attribute to indicate a subclass relationship * Improved interface for RAII type wrappers in ``pytypes.h`` * Use RAII type wrappers consistently within pybind11 itself. This fixes various potential refcount leaks when exceptions occur * Added new ``bytes`` RAII type wrapper (maps to ``string`` in Python 2.7) * Made handle and related RAII classes const correct, using them more consistently everywhere now * Got rid of the ugly ``__pybind11__`` attributes on the Python side---they are now stored in a C++ hash table that is not visible in Python * Fixed refcount leaks involving NumPy arrays and bound functions * Vastly improved handling of shared/smart pointers * Removed an unnecessary copy operation in ``pybind11::vectorize`` * Fixed naming clashes when both pybind11 and NumPy headers are included * Added conversions for additional exception types * Documentation improvements (using multiple extension modules, smart pointers, other minor clarifications) * unified infrastructure for parsing variadic arguments in ``class_`` and cpp_function * Fixed license text (was: ZLIB, should have been: 3-clause BSD) * Python 3.2 compatibility * Fixed remaining issues when accessing types in another plugin module * Added enum comparison and casting methods * Improved SFINAE-based detection of whether types are copy-constructible * Eliminated many warnings about unused variables and the use of ``offsetof()`` * Support for ``std::array<>`` conversions 1.1 (December 7, 2015) -------------------------- * Documentation improvements (GIL, wrapping functions, casting, fixed many typos) * Generalized conversion of integer types * Improved support for casting function objects * Improved support for ``std::shared_ptr<>`` conversions * Initial support for ``std::set<>`` conversions * Fixed type resolution issue for types defined in a separate plugin module * Cmake build system improvements * Factored out generic functionality to non-templated code (smaller code size) * Added a code size / compile time benchmark vs Boost.Python * Added an appveyor CI script 1.0 (October 15, 2015) ------------------------ * Initial release