1.0.0 RC 8

Release Candidate 8.

This RC contains many changes since RC7 to improve index performance and lower memory usage.

Memory usage has decreased 4-5 times across the board while index building performance has increased 4 times on CPython when C extensions are used.

Native C extensions will now be used when built for the platform for index and template functionality to further increase performance on CPython interpreters. PyPy is still recommended as it performs best all around and does not require native extensions.

Barring bug fixes in subsequent RCs, a 1.0 release will be up next.

Changes

• Finder will now not log anything by default unless explicitly enabled in configuration
• Index and template functionality now optionally available as C extensions to improve performance
• Re-worked index implementation to lower memory requirements and improve performance