v3.0.0-beta1

Version 3.0.0-beta - 2024-08-20

This version is a major one and is breaking some usage compare to v2.
Read the migration guide from the documentation: https://bluebrain.github.io/HighFive/md__2home_2runner_2work_2_high_five_2_high_five_2doc_2migration__guide.html

The minimum version for C++ has been moved to C++14.

Removed

- Removed `read(T*, ...)`, use explicit `read_raw(T*, ...)` for `Slice` or `Attribute`. (#928)
- Removed `FixedLenStringArray`, use any container with strings instead. (#932)
- Removed `FileDriver` and `MPIOFileDriver`, use file access properties instead. (#949)
- Removed default constructor for `Group` and `DataSet`. (#947, #948)
- Broadcasting have been removed. Use `squeeze` and `reshape` feature instead. (#992)
- `ObjectCreateProps` and `ObjectAccessProps` those don't map well to HighFive and are unused. (#1002)

New Features

- Added support for `std::span`. (#987)
- Added `squeezeMemSpace` and `reshapeMemSpace` for `Attribute` and `Slice` to reshape the memory space. (#991)
- Added `ProductSet` to select a Cartesian products of (generalized) slices. (#842)

Improvements

- Optimized chained hyperslab selection. (#1031)
- Type `T[N]` or `T[N][M]` will work better. (#929)
- `DataspaceType` is now an enum class for `dataspace_scalar` or `dataspace_null`. (#900)
- `File::AccessMode` is now an enum class. (#1020)

Version 2.9.0 - 2024-01-25

New Features

- Add named ctors for scalar and null dataspaces. (#899)
- Named ctor for empty property lists. (#904)

Improvements

- Enable running tests in parallel. (#849)
- Wrap all used HDF5 function calls and always check status codes. (#863)
- Utilities for writing tests in a container independent manner. (#871)
- Improve test rigour.

Bug Fix

- Log messages were slightly misformatted. (#854)
- Fix bug in `enforce_ascii_hack`. (#856)
- Fix `create_datatype<bool>()`. (#869)
- Guard functionality introduced in 1.10.0. (#905)
- `inspector` guard for empty containers. (#913)
- Avoid non-collective behaviour. (#912)