v0.4.1

Released on July 5, 2023

Description

This release revamps the build and test systems for SmartRedis as well
as improving compatibility with different Fortran compilers and laying
the groundwork for future support for interacting with multiple
concurrent backend databases:

• Documentation improvements
• Improved compatibility of type hints with third-party software
• Added type hints to the Python interface layer
• Add support for Python 3.10
• Updated setup.py to work with the new build system
• Remove unneeded method from Python SRObject class
• Fixed a memory leak in the C layer
• Revamp SmartRedis test system
• Remove debug output in pybind layer
• Update Hiredis version to 1.1.0
• Enable parallel build for the SmartRedis examples
• Experimental support for Nvidia toolchain
• Major revamp of build and test systems for SmartRedis
• Refactor Fortran methods to return default logical kind
• Update CI/CD tests to use a modern version of MacOS
• Fix the spelling of the Dataset destructor's C interface (now
  DeallocateDataSet)
• Update Redis++ version to 1.3.8
• Refactor third-party software dependency installation
• Add pip-install target to Makefile to automate this process going
  forward (note: this was later removed)
• Added infrastructure for multiDB support

Detailed Notes

• Assorted updates and clarifications to the documentation (PR367)
• Turn ParamSpec usage into forward
  references to not require typing-extensions at runtime (PR365)
• Added type hints to the Python interface layer (PR361)
• List Python 3.10 support and loosen PyTorch requirement to allow for
  versions support Python 3.10 (PR360)
• Streamlined setup.py to simplify Python install (PR359)
• Remove from_pybind() from Python SRObject class as it's not needed
  and didn't work properly anyway (PR358)
• Fixed memory leaked from the C layer when calling
  get_string_option() (PR357)
• Major revamp to simplify use of SmartRedis test system, automating
  most test processes (PR356)
• Remove debug output in pybind layer associated with put_dataset (PR352)
• Updated to the latest version of Hiredis (1.1.0) (PR351)
• Enable parallel build for the SmartRedis examples by moving utility
  Fortran code into a small static library (PR349)
• For the NVidia toolchain only: Replaces the assumed rank feature of
  F2018 used in the Fortran client with assumed shape arrays, making
  it possible to compile SmartRedis with the Nvidia toolchain. (PR346)
• Rework the build and test system to improve maintainability of the
  library. There have been several significant changes, including that
  Python and Fortran clients are no longer built by defaults and that
  there are Make variables that customize the build process. Please
  review the build documentation and make help to see all that has
  changed. (PR341)
• Many Fortran routines were returning logical kind = c_bool which
  turns out not to be the same default kind of most Fortran compilers.
  These have now been refactored so that users need not import
  iso_c_binding in their own applications (PR340)
• Update MacOS version in CI/CD tests from 10.15 to 12.0 (PR339)
• Correct the spelling of the C DataSet destruction interface from
  DeallocateeDataSet to DeallocateDataSet (PR338)
• Updated the version of Redis++ to v1.3.8 to pull in a change that
  ensures the redis++.pc file properly points to the generated
  libraries (PR334)
• Third-party software dependency installation is now handled in the
  Makefile instead of separate scripts
• New pip-install target in Makefile will be a dependency of the lib
  target going forward so that users don't have to manually pip
  install SmartRedis in the future (PR330)
• Added ConfigOptions class and API, which will form the backbone of
  multiDB support (PR303)