What's Changed

• Audit MSVC references in cmake files to consider clang++ by @Maetveis in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1669
• Make json and csv output consistent. by @andreas-abel in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1662
• Update bazel.yml by @mosfet80 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1671
• Fix building on MinGW: default WINVER is too old by @zm1060 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1681
• Increase the kMaxIterations limit by @andreas-abel in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1668
• Set -Wno-unused-variable for tests by @oontvoo in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1682
• Add no-unititialized-variable to tests by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1683
• Add Python 3.12 support by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1676
• Change nanobind linkage to response file approach on macOS by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1638
• Reapply size optimizations for clang & MSVC, LTO for Mac+Linux by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1685
• [bindings] Add LTO builds on Windows+MSVC by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1687
• Add pre-commit config and GitHub Actions job by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1688
• Replace isort hook with ruff builtin import sorting by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1689
• Add setuptools_scm for dynamic zero-config Python versioning by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1690
• Fix unit tests compilation by non-gnu/msvc compilers with c++11 support. by @ivafanas in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1691
• Fixed compiler warnings by @tmiguelf in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1697
• Switch out black for ruff format by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1698
• Add Missing \n at the End of Error Log String by @itzmeanjan in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1700
• Fix CMakeLists.txt for perf_counters_test by @illbegood in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1701
• [CI] Fix sanitizer builds by pinning the LLVM revision by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1703
• Support windows MSYS2 environments by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1704
• Fix pre-commit GitHub Actions job by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1708
• [NFC] complexity_n is not of IterationCount type by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1709
• Fix editable install by unsetting build_ext.copy_extensions_to_source by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1710
• Upgrade core bazel dependencies by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1711
• Run pre-commit autoupdate, fix stale pyproject.toml comments by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1712
• Check out repo at depth 0 for Python tests, bump Python and PyPI actions by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1713
• Fix mis-matching argument in closing tag for cmake macro (#1714) by @iakovs in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1715
• define HOST_NAME_MAX for z/OS by @abhina-sree in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1717
• Fix division by zero for low frequency timers for CV statistics by @ivafanas in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1724
• Remove the use of "Sanity" and replace it with "Safety" by @hamptonm1 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1728
• CycleClock: use RDTIME instead of RDCYCLE on RISC-V by @aurel32 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1727
• Enable Large-file Support by @oToToT in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1726
• Fix per-thread timing error on z/OS by @abhina-sree in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1719
• Avoid leaking LFS flags to reverse dependencies by @afq984 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1730
• Change Fixture to use non-const SetUp and TearDown in example by @FantasqueX in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1723
• fix: fail to import gbench in bazel and python3.12 by @dhmemi in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1721
• Issue1731 created console does not receive output by @bstordrup in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1732
• tools/compare: don't actually discard valid (but zero) pvalue by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1733
• Issue 1734: Streams not flushed if not running actual benchmarks by @bstordrup in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1735
• fix(cmakelists.txt): enforce CMake to find PFM or fail when BENCHMARK… by @ananta in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1705
• Docs: reducing_variance.md: proofreading, fix typos by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1736
• Fix C-style typecasting in QNX-specific code by @Arech in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1739
• Bump pre-commit dependencies by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1740
• Output library / schema versions in JSON context block by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1742
• set library version in bazel by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1746
• Add BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE[12]_CAPTURE, fusion of BENCHMARK_CAPTURE and BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1747
• Deflake CI by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1751
• Fix typo in GetBenchmarkVersion() by @Liedtke in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1755
• CycleClock: Add support for Alpha architecture by @thesamesam in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1753
• sysinfo.cc: Always abort on GetNumCPUs failure by @thesamesam in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1756
• Rewrite complexity_test to use (hardcoded) manual time by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1757
• Revert "fix some warnings" by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1762
• Fixed LTO issue on no discard variable by @tmiguelf in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1761
• mitigate clang build warnings -Wconversion by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1763
• Add Python bindings build using bzlmod by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1764
• Fix implicit conversion changes signess warning in perf_counters.cc by @ivafanas in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1765
• clang-tidy broke the world by @LebedevRI in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1766
• allow BENCHMARK_VERSION to be undefined by @PhilipDeegan in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1769
• fix OpenBSD build by @vazub in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1772
• Remove COMPILER_IBMXL macro for z/OS by @fanbo-meng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1777
• Refactor: Return frequency as double by @dhairyarungta in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1782
• Add benchmark_main.pc to link main() containing library by @SoapGentoo in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1779
• Switch git override to stable BCR tag for nanobind_bazel by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1778
• Modernize wheel building job config by @nicholasjng in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1783
• preparing for v1.8.4 by @dmah42 in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1788

New Contributors

• @Maetveis made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1669
• @andreas-abel made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1662
• @mosfet80 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1671
• @zm1060 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1681
• @ivafanas made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1691
• @tmiguelf made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1697
• @itzmeanjan made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1700
• @illbegood made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1701
• @iakovs made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1715
• @aurel32 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1727
• @oToToT made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1726
• @afq984 made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1730
• @FantasqueX made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1723
• @dhmemi made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1721
• @bstordrup made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1732
• @ananta made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1705
• @Arech made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1739
• @Liedtke made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1755
• @thesamesam made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1753
• @vazub made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1772
• @dhairyarungta made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1782
• @SoapGentoo made their first contribution in https://github.com/google/benchmark/pull/1779

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/benchmark/compare/v1.8.3...v1.8.4