Release notes from span-lite

0.11.0

2024-02-06T20:25:39Z

Release 0.11.0 contains the following fixes and changes to continuous integration build.

Additions

Add example tweak header.
Add make_span() taking std::initializer_list (#74).
Add special-case test with empty il for MSVC120/VS2013 (#74).
Add GitHub Actions CI (nonstd-lite-project issue 55).
Add/update example/CMakeLists.txt (nonstd-lite-project issue 56).
Add construction from std::initializer_list<> as per p2447 (#74, thanks @Pesa, p2447 - std::span and the missing constructor).
Add p2447 on missing constructor to section References (#74, p2447 - std::span and the missing constructor).

Changes

Update actions/checkout in GitHub Actions to v4 (#82, thanks @striezel).
Update actions/checkout in GitHub Actions to v3 (#75).
Remove Travis CI configuration and badge (#80, thanks @striezel).
Remove gcc 8 and clang 8, 9, 10 from GitHub CI matrix (nonstd-lite-project issue 69).
Remove msvc (windows-2016) image from GitHub Actions (nonstd-lite-project issue 61, thanks @xavier2k6).
Add msvc (windows-2022) image to GitHub Actions (nonstd-lite-project issue 62).
Do not cancel all jobs in a workflow if one fails (#79, thanks @striezel, nonstd-lite-poject issue 71.
Use toplevel unit_name (nonstd-lite-project 56).
Change value used with *_CPP20_OR_GREATER to 202002L (nonstd-lite-project issue 49).
Now, designate C++23 as speculative.
Replace #pragma warning suppression by in-body initialization (#74, thanks @Pesa).
Only suppress warning -Winit-list-lifetime for GCC 9 and later (#74, thanks @Pesa).
Exclude clang from GGC warning -Winit-list-lifetime (#74).
Suppress GGC warning -Winit-list-lifetime (#74, thanks @Pesa).
Restore default off for span_FEATURE_WITH_INITIALIZER_LIST_P2447 (#74).
Move constructor for std::initializer_list down (#74).
Ensure to point to first element of array (MS Code Analysis, decay).
Ensure sufficient lifetime for span (#74).
Change initializer_list tests to use sections (#74).
Only provide non-explicit variant for MSVC120/VS2013 (#74).
Update table for p2447 (#74).

Fixes

Fix C++standard version for [[noreturn]] to C++11 (#83, thanks @simark).
Fix to import std::dynamic_extent into nonstd when selecting std::span (#81, thanks @wendazhou).
Fix a small typo (#78, thanks @striezel).
Fix cmake config file (#77, thanks @duncanspumpkin).
Fix span-lite tests on big-endian (#76, thanks @jpcima).

0.10.3

2021-10-02T07:38:40Z

Release 0.10.3 fixes #69 and #73.

Fixes:

Properly constrain constructor from iterators (fixes #69, thanks @krsch).
Add [noreturn] to throw_out_of_range() (fixes #73, thanks @jdumas).

0.10.2

2021-09-29T11:35:54Z

Release 0.10.2 fixes #72. Thanks to @CrustyAuklet.

0.10.1

2021-09-20T07:11:21Z

Release 0.10.1 fixes #71. Thanks to @CrustyAuklet.

0.10.0

2021-07-08T16:45:52Z

Release 0.10.0 fixes #65, #67, #68. Thanks to @vvish and @im95able.

0.9.2

2021-03-19T09:16:49Z

Release 0.9.2 fixes #64. Thanks to @improbablejan.

Note: With MSVC Debug, a span cannot be created from an empty range, like: std::vector v; span(v.begin(),v.end()).
This behaviour is present since the introduction of construction from iterators in v0.9.0.

0.9.1

2021-03-17T22:53:33Z

Note: this release still has problems, see #64 .

Release 0.9.1 fixes #64. Thanks to @improbablejan.

0.9.0

2020-11-24T15:23:04Z

Release 0.9.0 of span lite adds construction from iterators and improves detection of the presence of Class Template Argument Deduction (CTAD).

Additions:

Construct a span from two iterators or an iterator and a size with C++11 and later (#61, thanks @Ryan-rsm-McKenzie).

Changes:

Improve detection of the presence of C++17 Class Template Argument Deduction (CTAD, #48).

Fixes:

Fix to only use scoped enums with C++11 and later .

0.8.1

2020-11-04T13:08:23Z

This bug-fix release of span lite contains the following changes.

Fixes:

Fix span iterator deduction guide (#61, thanks @Ryan-rsm-McKenzie)

Changes:

Add more tests for construction via deduction guides
Add Visual Studio 2019 to the Appveyor build matrix
Remove Visual Studio 9 2008 from AppVeyor CI
Deactivate allow_failures on Travis

0.8.0

2020-10-31T18:56:55Z

This release of span lite contains the following changes and fixes.

Additions

Add span iterator deduction guide (#61, thanks @Ryan-rsm-McKenzie)
Add 'Tweak header' support via <nonstd/span.tweak.hpp>, see nonstd-lite-project 44
Add TortoiseGit integration with GitHub issues
Add .editorconfig, .gitattributes

Changes

Change 'on conan' link to refer to conan center
Prevent -Wtype-limits for index check (#62, #63, thanks @mjacobse)
Avoid MSVC 14.1 (VS 2017) warning C4307 (#59, thanks @vlovich)
For MSVC 12.0 (VS2013, _MSC_VER:1800) fall back on previous behavior of span_REQUIRES_T()

Fixes

Fix construction from empty arrays in debug modes(#57, thanks to @mjacobse)
Fix enabling of default constructor for extent == 0 (#56, thanks to @herv)
Fix compile errors with clang10 and libc++ (#55, thanks to @AndWass, @Arghnews)
Fix implementation of span_REQUIRES_T(), see nonstd-lite-project 40