v1.2.4.16

What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

• Allow extending ToP4, clean its constructors by @vlstill in #4899

Changes to the Compiler Core

• Reduce the number of memory allocations in def-use by @asl in #4904
• Split the start state more conservatively when a parser contains decl initializers by @kfcripps in #4902
• Add missed include by @asl in #4915
• Only process IR::Paths inside of IR::ParserState contexts in MoveInitializers by @kfcripps in #4910
• Factor common base ExternCall for ExternMethod/ExternFunction by @ChrisDodd in #4898
• [#4883] Remove unused actions whose @name name starts with "__" by @kfcripps in #4900
• Allow --Wdisable to take precedence over --Werror for warning messages by @kfcripps in #4894
• Allow keywords to be used as annotation names. by @ChrisDodd in #4897
• Avoid copying out/inout args when inlining functions by @ChrisDodd in #4877
• Clean up the P4-14 dependent code. by @fruffy in #4925
• Fix Type_Indexed::at by @ChrisDodd in #4927
• Make --top4 matching case-insensitive. by @fruffy in #4924

Changes to the TC Back End

• Added "inst_type" field in introspection.json. by @komaljai in #4905

Changes to the P4Tools Back End

• [P4Tools] Also track invocations in the timer to measure per function statistics. by @fruffy in #4929
• [P4Testgen] Unify compiler options and tool options. Ensure options context is always initialized correctly. by @fruffy in #4787
• [P4Tools] Clean up use of ::P4 prefix for errors, warnings, and logs. by @fruffy in #4930

Other Changes

• Bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 6 to 7 by @dependabot in #4903
• Docs: Update Documentation Instructions by @AdarshRawat1 in #4875
• Remove the workaround that was required for MacOS CI installation. by @fruffy in #4921
• Docs : Changelogs release update for v1.2.4.15 by @AdarshRawat1 in #4934
• Automated Release v1.2.4.16 by @github-actions in #4935

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