EnTT v3.15.x changelog preview

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Changelog

• core

  • Skip most of vtable calls in any for references and dynamically allocated objects
  • Review any_policy values to better capture the nature of the elements stored with any
  • Added any::owner() because any_policy::owner is no longer available
  • Embedded-as-dynamic support for any (useful to transfer ownership of externally allocated objects)

• entity:

  • deletion_policy::unspecified is now available and equal to swap_and_pop
  • Skip tombstone checks in more cases and improve performance of view iterators
  • Auto-disconnection support for reactive_mixin

• meta:

  • meta_sequence_container::rebind is no longer available
  • meta_associative_container::rebind is no longer available
  • meta_any::base() to return a const reference to the underlying any
  • Deprecated meta_any_policy, meta_any::policy() and meta_any::data()
  • Self-contained meta_factory<T> to avoid having to go through meta<T>

Build system

• Updated IWYU version

Any other business

• Removed all previously deprecated methods

Natvis support

All natvis files have been updated where necessary.

Breaking changes

• Reviewed any_policy values with breaking changes in names to avoid subtle errors on user side
• meta_sequence_container::rebind was removed, use the constructor instead
• meta_associative_container::rebind was removed, use the constructor instead
• Deprecated meta_any_policy, use any_policy instead
• Deprecated meta_any::policy(), use .base().policy() instead
• Deprecated meta_any::data(), use .base().data()
• Deprecated meta<T>, use meta_factory<T> directly instead

Any other business

The documentation is up-to-date and the library is battle-tested with 100% coverage as usual.
I started a long term process to reduce the number of instantiations and also speed up the compilation.
This release contains some changes in this regard. Still a work in progress though.