What's Changed

• Removed deprecated function by @oontvoo in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1506
• Return option benchmark_perf_counters to help output by @MaximSmolskiy in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1508
• Fixes incorrect wide string conversion on win32 by @JessyDL in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1516
• Try removing attempt to set the C++ standard by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1464
• Add a benchmark_deps.bzl function to Google Benchmark by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1520
• Bug fix variable 'actual_iterations' set but not used by @yuryf-google in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1517
• Fix Clang-Tidy warnings related to modernize-use-override by @SunBlack in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1523
• Fix typos found by codespell by @SunBlack in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1519
• Include the benchmark's family-name in State by @oontvoo in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1511
• Fix Clang-Tidy warnings readability-else-after-return by @SunBlack in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1528
• [doc]Add quick instructions on how to enable sans checks by @oontvoo in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1529
• Modernize setup.py, extend Python bindings CI by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1535
• Switch bindings implementation to nanobind by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1526
• try disabling liquid for jekyll to fix curly braces by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1536
• remove best effort support for ubuntu 18.04 by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1537
• Deprecate constant reference API to DoNotOptimize. by @ckennelly in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1493
• Fixing issue with ARM64EC and MSVC by @jbr-smtg in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1514
• fix #1446 by removing the address operator by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1538
• Support --benchmarks_filter in the compare.py 'benchmarks' command by @matta in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1486
• Allow specifying number of iterations via --benchmark_min_time. by @oontvoo in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1525
• Refactor links which include "master" and change it to "main" by @hamptonm1 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1540
• replace complexity with simplicity for faster libc++ setup by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1539
• update github actions to latest versions by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1541
• Removing warnings appearing with C++20 / CLang 15 by @yuryf-google in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1542
• Add missing parentheses in ParseBenchMinTime() by @JonathonReinhart in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1545
• Werror all the time by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1546
• cleanup: support CMake >= 3.10 by @coryan in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1544
• Fix CPU frequency estimation on riscv by @dtcxzyw in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1549
• add compiler to build-and-test and create min-cmake CI bot by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1550
• Implement unlimited number of performance counters by @HFTrader in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1552
• Filter performance counter names, not invalidate all by @HFTrader in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1554
• get rid of DoNotOptimize warnings in tests by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1562
• Refactoring of PerfCounters infrastructure by @HFTrader in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1559
• Bump nanobind to stable v0.2.0, change linker options by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1565
• Fix examples in user guide using deprecated DoNotOptimize-API by @mjacobse in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1568
• Fix build break with nvc++ when -Werror is ON by @HFTrader in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1569
• [FR] state.SkipWithMessage #963 by @gatorfax in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1564
• use std::string for skip messages by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1571
• [FR] Provide public accessors to benchmark name and arguments #1551 by @gatorfax in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1563
• Address warnings on NVIDIA nvc++ by @HFTrader in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1573
• add '@' to correctly reference build file for libpfm by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1575
• Convert uses of const char* to std::string by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1567
• link to benchmark directly for tests that aren't link_main_test by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1576
• Fix compile warnings about ignoring a [[nodiscard]] type. by @pkasting in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1577
• Correct libpfm dep for integrators. by @shiqing117 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1579
• Guard NOMINMAX to prevent redefinition error (#1581) by @dushko in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1582
• reenable msan sanitizer workflow by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1589

New Contributors

• @MaximSmolskiy made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1508
• @JessyDL made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1516
• @yuryf-google made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1517
• @SunBlack made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1523
• @jbr-smtg made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1514
• @hamptonm1 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1540
• @JonathonReinhart made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1545
• @coryan made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1544
• @dtcxzyw made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1549
• @HFTrader made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1552
• @gatorfax made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1564
• @pkasting made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1577
• @shiqing117 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1579
• @dushko made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1582

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/benchmark/compare/v1.7.1...v1.8.0