v1.148

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Core: clarified & simplified creation of descriptor ranges with "partially bound", "array" and "variable-sized array" functionality
• Core: reduced entropy and added order to DeviceDesc, exposed more "tiers" (if it's better than a set of individual features)
• Core: reduced entropy around programmable sample positions (PSL) names
• Core: added shaderModel to DeviceDesc (best guess for VK, but still useful)
• MeshShader: added support for optional countBuffer in CmdDrawMeshTasksIndirect
• improved docs

BREAKING CHANGES (simple and straightforward):

• PSL: all names are based on "locations" without "programmable"
• DescriptorRangeDesc::isDescriptorNumVariable (and VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_NUM) => DescriptorRangeBits::VARIABLE_SIZED_ARRAY
• DescriptorRangeDesc::isArray (and DESCRIPTOR_ARRAY) => DescriptorRangeBits::ARRAY
• DescriptorSetDesc::partiallyBound (and PARTIALLY_BOUND) => DescriptorRangeBits::PARTIALLY_BOUND (moved to descriptor range)
• DeviceDesc tweaks

DETAILS:

• Core: added rayTracingTier to DeviceDesc
• Core: added isAdditionalShadingRatesSupported to DeviceDesc to highlight 2x4, 4x2 and 4x4 rates support
• Core: shading rate features replaced with shadingRateTier in DeviceDesc
• Core: explained all old and new "tiers" in DeviceDesc
• Core: removed isDrawMeshTasksIndirectSupported from DeviceDesc (always supported if mesh shaders are supported)
• Core: removed isDispatchRaysIndirectSupported from DeviceDesc (use rayTracingTier)
• Core: added DescriptorRangeBits expanding and simplifying functionality around previously used partiallyBound, isArray and isDescriptorNumVariable
• MeshShader: added support for optional countBuffer in CmdDrawMeshTasksIndirect
• improved comments in the main headers