4.0.0

This is a major release featuring some user-facing API changes. It is hoped that for most users, these changes are relatively minor.

What's Changed

• implement state charts by @andlaus in #126
• Various small writing fixes by @andlaus in #127
• • resolved unused import in write_pdx_file.py by @louwersj in #128
• Fix/max length parsing by @JoSglch in #131
• Untangle Diaglayer (1 of X) by @andlaus in #132
• CommunicationParameterRef: add a _build_odxlinks() method by @andlaus in #134
• Untangle DiagLayer (2 of X) by @andlaus in #133
• give all objects full sovereignty over their OdxLinkIds by @andlaus in #135
• clean up the ParentRef class by @andlaus in #136
• Refactor init spinoffs by @andlaus in #141
• refactor the initialization and reference resolution mechanism by @andlaus in #137
• diaglayer: refactor the communication parameter handling by @andlaus in #142
• DiagLayer: group the methods more logically by @andlaus in #143
• Untangle diaglayer (Part 6) by @andlaus in #145
• DiagLayer: refactor the value inheritance mechanism by @andlaus in #146

New Contributors

• @louwersj made their first contribution in #128
• @JoSglch made their first contribution in #131

Full Changelog: 3.0.2...4.0.0