1.4.8 Python 3.13 support

• Remove Python 3.7 and add Python 3.13 to the CI pipelines. By @junkmd.
• Add constant definitions to shelllink. By @junkmd.
• Add more tests to test_stream. By @junkmd.
• Add the void_type definition to tlbparser. By @junkmd.
• Modernize tools.tlbparser.get_tlib_filename. By @junkmd.
• Extract the methods for parsing externals and dual interfaces from Parser.parse_typeinfo. By @junkmd.
• Fix type annotations referenced by tlbparser. By @junkmd.
• Modernize codegenerator.namespaces. By @junkmd.
• Improve static typing for CoGetClassObject and GetClassObject. By @junkmd.
• Refactor the __new__ methods of _cominterface_meta and _coclass_meta. By @junkmd.
• Prevent errors caused by defining members with the same name within an enum type. By @junkmd.
• Remove remaining __cmp__ methods. By @newwingbird.
• Remove remaining from __future__ import print_function lines. By @newwingbird.
• Prevent itf to be an unbound variable in _cominterface_meta.__get_baseinterface_methodcount. By @newwingbird.
• Modify the metaclasses to ensure compatibility with Python 3.13 and earlier versions. By @junkmd.

1.4.7

• Improve _CArrayType alias import. By @junkmd.
• Rename _byref_type and _carg_obj to _CArgObject. By @junkmd.
• Fix typos and make the wording more natural in README.md. By @umarbutler.
• Modernize BSTR definition. By @junkmd.
• Modernize tagDEC definition. By @junkmd.
• Remove methods with mangling names in typeinfo. By @junkmd.
• Rename test_istream to test_stream. By @junkmd.
• Add test_msvidctl. By @junkmd.
• Add test_storage. By @junkmd.
• Add test_monikers. By @junkmd.
• Add test_shelllink. By @junkmd.
• Add test_persist. By @junkmd.
• Modernize persist. By @junkmd.
• Add type annotations to shelllink. By @junkmd.
• Bump python_requires to >=3.8 in setup.cfg. By @junkmd.

1.4.6

• Add tests and method annotations for IRecordInfo. By @junkmd.
• Improve static typings in automation. By @junkmd.
• Tidy up import part in some modules. By @junkmd.
• Refer to Any and Tuple from the hints stub instead of directly importing them in generated modules. By @junkmd.
• Modernize GUID.py. By @junkmd.
• Improve codegenerator.modulenamer static typing. By @junkmd.
• Avoid using keywords in TYPE_CHECKING blocks. By @junkmd.
• Improve member defining parts of ParseInterface and ParseDispatch. By @junkmd.
• Fix Annoying SyntaxWarning. By @v01d-gh.

1.4.5 Add statically defined ``ISequentialStream`` and improve creation of ``SAFEARRAY``s

• Split __init__.py into some modules. By @junkmd.
• Fix importing _DispMemberSpec in automation. By @junkmd.
• Fix importing _encode_idl in _comobject. By @junkmd.
• Change the name of the component that implements the interface for record parameter testing. By @geppi.
• Implement SAFEARRAY pointers and SAFEARRAYs as method parameters of a Dispatch Interface. By @geppi.
• Change the default value of the extra parameter in the create method of tagSAFEARRAY subtypes. By @geppi.
• Implement static import for ISequentialStream. By @jonschz.
• Modernize test_wmi. By @junkmd.
• Add static typing for _midlSAFEARRAY. By @junkmd.

1.4.4

• Stop mentioning the last version supporting Windows CE in README.md. By @forderud.
• Declare the minimum Python version as 3.7. By @jaraco.
• Move package configuration to declarative config. By @jaraco.

1.4.3

• Refactor test_findgendir. By @junkmd.
• Update test_GUID. By @junkmd.
• Add a feature to typeannotator that interprets the return value. By @junkmd.
• Update type annotations for _IUnknown_Base and IUnknown. By @junkmd.
• Add groupby_impltypeflags. By @junkmd.
• Add static typing for when a CoClass is assigned as the return value type. By @junkmd.
• Improve EnumerationNamespaces and CodeGenerator.enum_aliases. By @junkmd.
• Modernize constructor arguments and attributes of each stuff in typedesc. By @junkmd.
• Split codegenerator into some modules in the sub-package directory. By @junkmd.
• Implement record pointers as method parameters of a Dispatch Interface. By @geppi.
• Add npsupport to CI pipeline matrix. By @junkmd.
• Add "Frequently Asked Questions" to README.md. By @junkmd.

1.4.2

• Improve the stability of module generation by GetModule. By @junkmd.
• Define c_int aliases earlier than others in wrapper modules. By @junkmd.
• Remove trailing newlines generated by codegenerator and typeannotator. By @junkmd.
• Determine whether a interface is one of the known symbols not only by its name but also by using its iid. By @junkmd.
• Add Incomplete and Hresult to hints.pyi. By @junkmd.

1.4.1

• Fix TypeError when defining enumeration types. By @junkmd

1.4.0 Supporting enumerations in friendly modules

This is the first major version supporting enumerations in friendly modules.

The names that were used as aliases for c_int within friendly modules will now be used as the names of enumeration types.

• Add enumeration definitions in generated friendly modules. By @junkmd.
• Add descriptions to index.rst about the enumeration types. By @junkmd.
• Add GitHub Actions auto-test workflow. By @junkmd.

1.3.1

• Add type annotations to dynamically generated modules. By @junkmd.
• Bring back Excel early-bind test. By @junkmd.
• update README.md. By @junkmd.