0.37.0

This release includes a host of small improvements and fixes to the windows crate. Notably, changes to the implement and interface macros improve interoperability, correctness, and safety for COM and WinRT implementations.

This release does not include an update to the windows-sys crate, which remains stable and unchanged.

What's Changed

• Avoid double allocation when passing strings via IntoParam by @AronParker in #1713
• Correct compose offset in implement macro by @kennykerr in #1724
• Restore nightly validation by @riverar in #1726
• Correct implementation identity for MBM and .NET compatibility by @kennykerr in #1729
• Fix interface macro to handle qualified IUnknown parent by @rylev in #1732
• Shorten IUnknown check by @rylev in #1735
• Improve IUnknown Unsafe Annotations by @rylev in #1734
• Improve the Interface trait by @rylev in #1738
• Improve Vtable implementations by @rylev in #1740
• Propose an RFCs Process by @rylev in #1731
• Add HSTRING compatibility testing by @kennykerr in #1749
• Simplify header handling in HSTRING by @rylev in #1747
• Use core::ptr::write for out params by @rylev in #1750
• Fix ToImpl by @rylev in #1748
• Inline HSTRING::clear into the Drop impl by @rylev in #1752
• Make cast method produced by implement macro unsafe by @rylev in #1753
• Improve ABI conversion by @rylev in #1746
• Add GUID::to_u128 by @GamePad64 in #1756
• Version 0.37.0 by @kennykerr in #1765

New Contributors

• @AronParker made their first contribution in #1713
• @GamePad64 made their first contribution in #1756

Full Changelog: 0.36.1...0.37.0