1.12.0

Bugfixes

• Elapsed time continued to increment after counter was closed #62
  • Elapsed time is now pinned to last time count changed if counter is stopped or count matches total
  • Thanks to @bedaberner for reporting
• Seconds occasionally rounded up to 00:60 vs 01:00
  • Thanks to @DJtheRedstoner for reporting and PR #61

Changes

• Counter positions are now recalculated when a counter is removed
  • Thanks to @SKnight79 for reporting #58
• Color resolution is now cached
  • Thanks to @Dauriel for inspiration #56
• Direct use of Counter class now redirects to Manager.counter()
  • This allows the behavior to be consistant
  • Thanks to @ngriffiths13 for inspiration
• Direct use of Counter class removed from documentation
  • Direct use of Counter class be refactored or removed in version 2.0
• Counters and status bars can now be coerced to strings
  • Output is same as Counter.format() with default values
  • Does not apply to subcounters
• Python 3.12 support added to metadata
• Dropped support for Python 3.4
  • No code changes, but metadata and tests removed

Housekeeping

• Minor code tweaks
• Minor test cleanup
• Demo gif updated
• Specialist Tox environment added
• Basic ASV benchmark script added