This update includes the first published version of the windows-core crate (#2475) as requested in #2527.

Other crates will not be updated at this time.

What's Changed

• Preliminary support for variadic functions by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2457
• Workaround for variadic API function support by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2458
• Improve metadata reader's type_def_extends to return Option by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2460
• Add baseline readme by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2461
• Smarter filtering for windows-sys generation by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2465
• Introduce windows-core crate by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2475
• Transform BOOL and Win32 return values by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2476
• Hide standalone_std function by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2477
• Include nested dependencies in standalone code generation by @Jake-Shadle in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2480
• Improve bindings in windows-core crate by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2482
• Further simplify windows-core bindings by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2483
• Support overloads in standalone code generation by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2486
• Stabilize raw_dylib and debugger_visualizer by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2497
• Collect all typedefs with same name by @Jake-Shadle in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2495
• Remove unused field by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2503
• Fix constant type collection by @Jake-Shadle in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2505
• Only exclude inline function constants by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2506
• Update to riddle and metadata generation by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2510
• Tweak web syndication sample to work with more web servers by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2512
• Metadata generation progress by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2516
• Avoid using unstable target abi feature by @mati865 in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2515
• Improved attribute parsing and generation by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2518
• Update syn dependency by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2519
• Metadata parsing and generation by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2525
• Use std::mem::zeroed with type inference by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2526
• Implement std::error::Error for new metadata Error type by @MarijnS95 in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2528
• Version 0.50.0 by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2529

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/compare/0.49.0...0.50.0