simdutf-9.0.0

[Bruce Dubbs]

New major version.

[Joe Locash]

Version 9.0.0

What's Changed

This is a major new release with several important improvements:

    - C++17 is now required.
      Users who need to stay on C++11 or C++14 should continue using the 8.x series (we will continue to provide patches for it as needed).

    - No C++ standard library required at runtime (optional).
      Thanks to excellent work by @mitchellh, you can now compile simdutf in a freestanding mode that does not depend on the C++ standard library. See the README for configuration details.

    - fastbase64 command-line tool significantly upgraded.
      It is now a fast drop-in replacement for the standard base64 utility. On large inputs, it can be several times faster than common alternatives.

    - New compile-time base64 literal.
      You can now conveniently declare base64-encoded arrays directly in code using the _base64 suffix:

        auto data = "SGVsbG8gd29ybGQ="_base64;  // decoded at compile time into a byte array

    - Base64 API extended.
      We have added base64_to_binary_details to provide more detailed decoding information.

Details

    - Increase fuzzing test coverage by @anonrig in #948
    - fix some ppc64 problems by @pauldreik in #952
    - Better fastbase64 + man pages by @lemire in #947
    - allow end user to have base64 literals by @lemire in #956
    - extends our base64 public API by @lemire in #955
    - reduce the size of our tools by @lemire in #958
    - arm kernel should not define SIMDUTF_SIMD_HAS_BYTEMASK by @lemire in #960
    - simpler approach to removing the C++ lib dependency at runtime by @lemire in #962

Full Changelog: ​v8.2.0...v9.0.0

Fixed at 28ba29a38c.