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SWIG-4.1.0 released

SWIG-4.1.0 summary:

  • Add Javascript Node v12-v18 support, remove support prior to v6.
  • Octave 6.0 to 6.4 support added.
  • Add PHP 8 support.
  • PHP wrapping is now done entirely via PHP's C API - no more .php wrapper.
  • Perl 5.8.0 is now the oldest version SWIG supports.
  • Python 3.3 is now the oldest Python 3 version SWIG supports.
  • Python 3.9-3.11 support added.
  • Various memory leak fixes in Python generated code.
  • Scilab 5.5-6.1 support improved.
  • Many improvements for each and every target language.
  • Various preprocessor expression handling improvements.
  • Improved C99, C++11, C++14, C++17 support. Start adding C++20 standard.
  • Make SWIG much more move semantics friendly.
  • Add C++ std::unique_ptr support.
  • Few minor C++ template handling improvements.
  • Various C++ using declaration fixes.
  • Few fixes for handling Doxygen comments.
  • GitHub Actions is now used instead of Travis CI for continuous integration.
  • Add building SWIG using CMake as a secondary build system.
  • Update optional SWIG build dependency for regex support from PCRE to PCRE2.
Posted by William Fulton 2022-10-24

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