As a reminder, updates are only published by request (https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2380). This release provides an update to the windows crate. It does not include an update to the windows-sys crate.

This is the first update to the windows crate in about 2 months and includes numerous improvements as well as updated API definitions via the Win32 metadata. Notably, the windows crate now sports streamlined and much simpler type traits (#2343) and parameter bindings (#2360). It includes the first steps towards WDK support (#2358), and it finally includes stock collection implementations (#91).

Please note that the ComInterface trait is now required to call the cast function (#2360).

What's Changed

• Add link from docs.rs to full API documentation by @ChrisDenton in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2297
• Simplify COM implementation traits by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2301
• Fix test component re-build reliability by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2303
• Metadata writer refactoring by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2309
• Lower MSRV for the windows crate by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2318
• Ongoing metadata writer improvements and new command line tool by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2319
• Improve clippy workflow by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2320
• Improve crates.io metadata by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2321
• Add raw-dylib testing with nightly-i686-pc-windows-gnu by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2312
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2322
• Generate contains method for enum flags by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2323
• Improved riddle syntax parsing and testing by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2324
• metadata Reader::attribute_args enhancements by @ChrisDenton in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2329
• Metadata reader: Preserve type when reading enum values in attributes by @ChrisDenton in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2331
• Simplify namespace extensions in the windows-bindgen crate by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2339
• Simplify windows::core type traits by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2343
• Stock collection support for IIterable by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2346
• Specifically exclude Windows.Win32.Web.MsHtml by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2348
• Move IInspectable extensions from windows::core to windows::Foundation by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2349
• Stock collection support for IVectorView by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2350
• Stock collection support for IMapView by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2353
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2357
• Add support for the WDK metadata by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2358
• Simplify parameter bindings by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2360
• Drop ManuallyDrop by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2361
• Simplify Array usage with non-WinRT types by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2362
• Don't store redundant copy of assembly name by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2363
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2364
• Enable hosted lib generation by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2365
• Remove prettyplease dependency by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2367
• Support aggregate constant initialization by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2371
• Simplify parameter binding for BSTR by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2372
• Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2374
• Minor polish of windows::core docs by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2376
• Remap CHAR to u8 by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2378
• Version 0.46.0 by @kennykerr in https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/2380

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/compare/0.44.0...0.46.0