diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst index 6787349e53..d71fccc251 100644 --- a/docs/changelog.rst +++ b/docs/changelog.rst @@ -9,12 +9,143 @@ Starting with version 1.8.0, pybind11 releases use a `semantic versioning v2.7.0 (TBA, not yet released) ------------------------------ +New features: + +* Enable ``py::implicitly_convertible`` for + ``py::class_``-wrapped types. + `#3059 `_ + +* Allow function pointer extraction from overloaded functions. + `#2944 `_ + +* NumPy: added ``.char_()`` to type which gives the NumPy public ``char`` + result, which also distinguishes types by bit length (unlike ``.kind()``). + `#2864 `_ + +* Add ``pybind11::bytearray`` to manipulate ``bytearray`` similar to ``bytes``. + `#2799 `_ + +* ``pybind11/stl/filesystem.h`` registers a type caster that, on C++17/Python + 3.6+, converts ``std::filesystem::path`` to ``pathlib.Path`` and any + ``os.PathLike`` to ``std::filesystem::path``. + `#2730 `_ + + +Changes: + * ``py::str`` changed to exclusively hold `PyUnicodeObject`. Previously ``py::str`` could also hold `bytes`, which is probably surprising, was never documented, and can mask bugs (e.g. accidental use of ``py::str`` instead of ``py::bytes``). `#2409 `_ +* Add a safety guard to ensure that the Python GIL is held when C++ calls back + into Python via ``object_api<>::operator()`` (e.g. ``py::function`` + ``__call__``). (This feature is available for Python 3.6+ only.) + `#2919 `_ + +* Catch a missing ``self`` argument in calls to ``__init__()``. + `#2914 `_ + +* Use ``std::string_view`` if available to avoid a copy when passing an object + to a ``std::ostream``. + `#3042 `_ + +* An important warning about thread safety was added to the ``iostream.h`` + documentation; attempts to make ``py::scoped_ostream_redirect`` thread safe + have been removed, as it was only partially effective. + `#2995 `_ + + +Fixes: + +* Performance: avoid unnecessary strlen calls. + `#3058 `_ + +* Fix auto-generated documentation string when using ``const T`` in + ``pyarray_t``. + `#3020 `_ + +* Unify error messages thrown by ``simple_collector``/``unpacking_collector``. + `#3013 `_ + +* ``pybind11::builtin_exception`` is now explicitly exported, which means the + types included/defined in different modules are identical, and exceptions + raised in different modules can be caught correctly. The documentation was + updated to explain that custom exceptions that are used across module + boundaries need to be explicitly exported as well. + `#2999 `_ + +* Fixed exception when printing UTF-8 to a ``scoped_ostream_redirect``. + `#2982 `_ + +* Pickle support enhancement: ``setstate`` implementation will attempt to + ``setattr`` ``__dict__`` only if the unpickled ``dict`` object is not empty, + to not force use of ``py::dynamic_attr()`` unnecessarily. + `#2972 `_ + +* Allow negative timedelta values to roundtrip. + `#2870 `_ + +* Fix unchecked errors could potentially swallow signals/other exceptions. + `#2863 `_ + +* Add null pointer check with ``std::localtime``. + `#2846 `_ + +* Fix the ``weakref`` constructor from ``py::object`` to create a new + ``weakref`` on conversion. + `#2832 `_ + +* Avoid relying on exceptions in C++17 when getting a ``shared_ptr`` holder + from a ``shared_from_this`` class. + `#2819 `_ + + +Build system improvements: + +* In ``setup_helpers.py``, test for platforms that have some multiprocessing + features but lack semaphores, which ``ParallelCompile`` requires. + `#3043 `_ + +* Fix ``pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR`` in case ``CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR`` is + absolute. + `#3005 `_ + +* Fix bug not respecting ``WITH_SOABI`` or ``WITHOUT_SOABI`` to CMake. + `#2938 `_ + +* Fix the default ``Pybind11Extension`` compilation flags with a Mingw64 python. + `#2921 `_ + +* Clang on Windows: do not pass ``/MP`` (ignored flag). + `#2824 `_ + + +Backend and tidying up: + +* Enable clang-tidy performance, readability, and modernization checks + throughout the codebase to enforce best coding practices. + `#3046 `_, + `#3049 `_, + `#3051 `_, + `#3052 `_, and + `#3080 `_ + +* Checks for common misspellings were added to the pre-commit hooks. + `#3076 `_ + +* Changed ``Werror`` to stricter ``Werror-all`` for Intel compiler and fixed + minor issues. + `#2948 `_ + +* Fixed compilation with GCC < 5 when the user defines ``_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI``. + `#2956 `_ + +* Added nox support for easier local testing and linting of contributions. + `#3101 `_ + + v2.6.2 (Jan 26, 2021) ---------------------