changelog
    
    
    - Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:03:49 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:03:49 +0100] rev 1070
 
    - add array iterator over pointer arrays
 
    - Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:31:38 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:31:38 +0100] rev 1069
 
    - fix include guard for properties.h
 
    - Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:41:01 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:41:01 +0100] rev 1068
 
    - move the test execution for string_to_number back in line
 
    - Sun, 29 Dec 2024 18:03:21 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sun, 29 Dec 2024 18:03:21 +0100] rev 1067
 
    - optimize cxJsonObjGet() part 1 - binary search
part 2 will be the index buffer to preserve the order
relates to #462 
    - Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:45:56 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:45:56 +0100] rev 1066
 
    - add missing convenience macros for sorted insert with array reallocator
 
    - Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:56:13 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:56:13 +0100] rev 1065
 
    - improve coverage metrics
 
    - Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:24:20 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:24:20 +0100] rev 1064
 
    - change coverage tool from gcov to gcovr
 
    - Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:32:36 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:32:36 +0100] rev 1063
 
    - implement floating point string to number conversions
The current implementation is not extremely precise. That is why
we are only testing against our own compare functions.
A future revision should increase the precision.
fixes #532 
    - Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:31:28 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:31:28 +0100] rev 1062
 
    - add cx_vcmp_* family of functions
fixes #538 
    - Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:06:15 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:06:15 +0100] rev 1061
 
    - implement string to integer conversions
relates to #532 
    - Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:31 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:31 +0100] rev 1060
 
    - avoid copying the filled data in the json parser when possible - fixes #530
 
    - Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:23:14 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:23:14 +0100] rev 1059
 
    - add references between both variants of the properties fill function
 
    - Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:38 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:18:38 +0100] rev 1058
 
    - downgrades the severity of the advice in cxPropertiesFilln() from attention to remark
 
    - Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:33:06 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:33:06 +0100] rev 1057
 
    - add tests for JSON create functions and fix a bug in cxJsonCreateCxString()
resolves issue #527 
    - Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:26:37 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:26:37 +0100] rev 1056
 
    - add documentation for json value creation API
issue #532 
    - Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:32:05 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:32:05 +0100] rev 1055
 
    - fix cxJsonObjPut() for existing keys
issue #532 
    - Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:33:04 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:33:04 +0100] rev 1054
 
    - add implementation for creating new json values
relates to #527 
    - Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:25 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:32:25 +0100] rev 1053
 
    - fix missing definition of SSIZE_MAX in windows
 
    - Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:34:05 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:34:05 +0100] rev 1052
 
    - add temporary implementations for string to number and first test cases
issue #532 
    - Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:33:27 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:33:27 +0100] rev 1051
 
    - fix another missing free() in json tests
 
    - Sun, 22 Dec 2024 23:10:07 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sun, 22 Dec 2024 23:10:07 +0100] rev 1050
 
    - make cx_strcast() also support cxstring
also makes the solution for issue #536 a lot nicer 
    - Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:53:53 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:53:53 +0100] rev 1049
 
    - fix cx_hash_key_cxstr() being a macro
issue #536 
    - Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:14:57 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:14:57 +0100] rev 1048
 
    - implement all string to number conversions that are just wrappers
issue #532 
    - Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:10:04 +0100
 
    - by Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de> [Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:10:04 +0100] rev 1047
 
    - don't trust that size_t always has word width
it should be the case on all platforms supported by UCX, but it's not strictly defined in POSIX that it must be the case