Run Time Type Reflection (RTTR) - Version 0.9.6

Release date: 2018-03-26

Summary: This is a major release of RTTR, with a lot of new features and bugfixes.
Only minor API changes compared to 0.9.5.

Blog Entry: www.rttr.org/news/major-release-0-9-6

Full Changelog:

• Added variant_associative_view class #57
• Added variant_sequential_view #46
• Added string_view class
• Added library class in order to load plugins at runtime #116
• Added variant_cast function in order to support move data from variant #108
• Added possibility to convert raw nullptr pointers in variant class to base types #59
• Return the template parameters of a type #58
• Added support for register base class properties #29
• Add implicit conversion from a wrapped value inside a variant #48
• Support for VS2017 #45
• Added support for C++17 compilers #100, #105
• Custom registered type name should be used in class templates as well #40
• Added new comparators(>, <=, >=) for variant class #61
• Add support for new property policy: 'as_reference_wrapper' #20
• Add possibility to filter to class items, while retrieving,
  e.g: retrieve private properties: get_properties(filter_item::instance_item | filter_item::non_public_access)
• Added JSON serialization example
• Added loading plugins example #116
• Added CI systems: Travis and Appveyor
• Added static code analysis tool Codacy (cppcheck underlying)
• Added code coverage tool: "CoverAlls"
• Added variant::get_wrapped_value() & variant::extract_wrapped_value() functions
• Donation button added:

• Return ranges instead of vectors #6
• Remove branching when calling a wrapper method #19
• Add 'noexcept' everywhere where reasonable #17
• Add 'constexpr' everywhere where reasonable #16
• Added own make_unique impl, not supported in C++11
• Upgraded catch to version: 1.12.0 #120
• Increased test coverage: 92%
• Several docu improvements

• class items inheritance of items, was not working when derived class had no items at all #89
• Raw arrays by value, were not recognized by variant_sequential_view #125
• Explicit unloading of libraries which contain registered RTTR types, lead to crash #113
• Fix install handling for Mac/Linux #101, #102
• Added support for variant properties #47
• Typo in method name: rttr::constructor::get_instanciated_type() #83
• Polymorphic assignment of raw pointer properties does not work #56
• Comparison of raw pointer properties does not work #55
• fix wrong enum conversion in variant function convert(bool* ok) #53
• Fixed not correct handling of std::ref(int*) type in variant #37
• Custom installation directory via CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX #34
• Replaced default constructor binding from as_object to as_std_shared_ptr #14
• Fixed missing invoke of dtor when type is pointer type #14
• Do not search for boost, when not needed #93
• type::is_array() now returns only true for C-style arrays,
  before that it also true for specialization of array_mapper types #144

• variant_array_view class #144
• property::is_array() method #144