v0.8.10

• Performance: Significant compiler speed-ups from multiple optimizations:
  • Entity inheritance now pre-reserves map space and uses std::copy()
    instead of repeated dynamic allocations, yielding a combined speedup
    of over 200% on large source files.
  • The old bpp_entity::get_objects() interface, which merged and copied
    local and foreign object maps, has been removed. Replaced by separate
    get_local_objects() and get_foreign_objects() returning const
    references, avoiding unnecessary allocations and copies (roughly 2x
    speedup on large data).
  • bpp_entity::get_classes(), get_datamember() and get_method() now return
    const references instead of copies.
  • bpp-lsp now obtains class names directly from map keys, eliminating an
    indirection through bpp_class::get_name().
  • AST node type handling refactored from a virtual function to a
    non-virtual base-class member, reducing indirection.
  • Replaced unnecessary dynamic casts with static casts when the pointer
    type is already known at compile time.
• Compiler & language semantics:
  • Dynamic includes that fail at runtime now print an error to stderr and
    terminate with a non-zero exit code, in line with the language spec.
  • Lexer/parser bug fix: whitespace and comments are now allowed after
    include/include_once directives.
  • stdlib: corrected a copy-paste error in SharedObject's start-up checks
    (was referencing "SharedArray" instead of "SharedObject").
• Debian packaging:
  • Added Homepage field pointing to bpp.sh.
  • Standards-Version updated to 4.7.0.
  • Removed explicit "Priority: optional" (now the default in dpkg).
• Build system:
  • Compiler and flags are now overridable (?=) to ease cross-compilation
    and use of non-GNU toolchains. Thanks to @Nizarjh for the patches.
  • Cleaner fallback logic for obtaining version information when
    dpkg-parsechangelog is unavailable.
• Test suite:
  • The runner now explicitly checks for Perl-compatible regex support
    in system grep before any tests are executed, failing with a clear
    message when support is missing (related to #15).
  • Test suite switched to angle-bracket includes and -Istdlib/ to test
    the local standard library, leveraging the new include-path ordering,
    rather than relying on quoted includes with a long ../../ series,
    as we did before.
• Code hygiene & modernization:
  • Replaced manual linear searches with std::erase_if and
    std::ranges::contains.
  • Replaced legacy const char* arrays with constexpr
    std::arraystd::string_view for type safety.
  • Converted bpp.h enums to enum class; omitted unused parameter names in
    listener handlers.
  • Introduced a bpp_assert macro that compiles away with NDEBUG; replaced
    explicit dynamic_pointer_cast + InternalError patterns with a template
    helper that becomes a zero-cost static cast in release builds (note:
    NDEBUG builds will not be shipped before v1.0.0).
  • Renamed the entity "objects" map to "foreign_objects" to better convey
    ownership intent.
  • Copyright headers standardized with SPDX-License-Identifier and cleaned
    up formatting; removed extraneous asterisks that leaked into Doxygen
    documentation.
  • Pass const reference in ErrorOrWarning::set_from_listener to avoid a
    full copy; prevent overflow in BashVersion parsing; declare NullBuffer
    constructors/destructor noexcept.
  • Minor style improvements: std::ranges::reverse_view, emplace_back for
    temporaries, removed unused includes.