- update to 4.12:
- Implemented the revised directive syntax for %Module.
- Deprecated %CModule, use %Module instead.
- Added the keyword_arguments argument to %Module to specify the level of
support for Python keyword arguments.
- Deprecated the -k flag to sip, use the keyword_arguments argument to
%Module instead.
- Added an automatic pseudo-%Timeline to allow the SIP version number to be
used in the %If directive.
- Changed the behavior of the /KeywordArgs/ annotation to specify the level
of support for Python keyword arguments.
- Deprecated the /NoKeywordArgs/ annotation, use /KeywordArgs="All"/ instead.
- Added the use_argument_names argument to %Module to provide the real names
of arguments to handwritten code.
- Module docstrings are now supported.
- Added %AutoPyName to automatically provide Python names.
- Added %Property to implement Python properties based on C/C++ getters and
setters.
- Added %Extract to allow arbitrary text to be embedded in specification
files and subsequently extracted.
- Deprecated %Doc and %ExportedDoc, use %Extract instead.
- Added the -X flag to sip to extract text defined with %Extract.
- Deprecated the -d flag to sip, use -X instead.
- Added /PyInt/ as an argument, function and typedef annotation to force
char types to be handled as Python integers rather that single character
strings.
- Added the L and M format characters to sipBuildResult(), sipCallMethod()
and sipParseResult().
- Added sipGetAddress().
- Added the -T flag to sip to suppress the timestamp in the header comments