v0.4.0

Vigil v0.4.0

Vigil v0.4.0 brings explicit, formatted assertion macros, cleaner preprocessor architectures, compiler warning suppressions, and streamlined build configurations for cross-platform integration.

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🚀 Features

• Assertion API Enhancement (115c9dc)
  • Added explicit VIGIL_ASSERT_MSG and VIGIL_VERIFY_MSG macros supporting fmt-style runtime context.
  • Corrected C++17 variadic macro expansion when forwarding string views to ReportAssertFailure.
  • Updated reference examples in assert_example.cpp.
• Repository Health & Community Guidelines
  • Added Security Policy (SECURITY.md) and vulnerability reporting guidelines (c7f5a88).
  • Configured Issue Templates for Bug Reports and Feature Requests (372f45e).

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Centralized Log-Level Gating (bffcf1b)
  • Updated VIGIL_LOG_NAMED to evaluate IsLevelActive instead of raw level comparisons.
  • Suppressed -Wtype-limits and C4296 warnings when checking log levels against compile-time thresholds.
• Log Level Cast Alignment (8663bab)
  • Explicitly cast VIGIL_ACTIVE_LOG_LEVEL to uint8_t inside IsLevelActive.

🚜 Refactoring & Architecture

• Preprocessor & Scoped Logger Cleanup (fa5b263)
  • Moved VIGIL_CURRENT_FUNCTION to compiler_attributes.h.
  • Relocated preprocessor concatenation (VIGIL_CONCAT) to preprocessor_utils.h.
  • Replaced ad-hoc VIGIL_FUNC_SIG usages with standard attribute helpers.
• Symbol Visibility & Target Cleanups (c87ccbe)
  • Confined -fvisibility flags directly to the core vigil target configuration.
  • Removed redundant global POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE property specifications.

🛠️ Build System & Maintenance

• libbacktrace Output Control: Silenced normal configure output for vendored libbacktrace while preserving logging on failure (ebc049e).
• Funding: Added

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Full Changelog: v0.3.1...v0.4.0