Rustowl 0.4.0

What's new in 0.4.0

Update Summary
- Introduce a new analysis method for faster, more accurate lifetime visualization
- Up to 1.5× faster analysis compared to v1.0.0-rc.1 (benchmarked by analyzing RustOwl itself)
- Split lifetimes into two categories: definitely live and maybe live
Details
🚨 Breaking Changes
- Move installation docs to README - by @MuntasirSZN (31eb0)
- Multiple Rust version support - by @cordx56 in #504 (aa777)
- Live range calculation now uses StorageLive/StorageDead and shows correct ranges - by @cordx56 in #514 (60ef1)
- Polonius subset calculation algorithm - by @cordx56 in #524 (9722e)
- analyzer:
- Analyzer refactoring and performance improvement - by @cordx56 in #363 (dbec4)
- build:
- Update build process and use rustowl archive - by @cordx56 in #340 (d3988)
- core-analyzer:
- Refactor and change must-lives calculation algorithm - by @cordx56 in #407 (d95b4)
- lsp:
- Separate analyzers - by @cordx56 in #367 (5ad0f)
- Improve VS Code experience - by @cordx56 (f0525)
🚀 Features
- Winget package - by @MuntasirSZN in #178 (d24b0)
- Consolidate and enhance CI workflows by replacing check.yaml with checks.yml and adding a development checks script - by @avifenesh in #233 (52502)
- Add security and memory safety testing workflow - by @avifenesh in #234 (f1407)
- Enhance CLI command handling with options for all targets and features - by @avifenesh in #225 (b0ce9)
- Update to rustc 1.88.0 - by @MuntasirSZN (512de)
- Add docker image - by @MuntasirSZN (01726)
- Add vscode tests, migrate to zod v4, format code - by @MuntasirSZN in #330 (2357d)
- Bump rustc to 1.89.0 - by @cordx56 (41b20)
- Commitlint in script - by @MuntasirSZN (85b45)
- Use rustowl/analyze in nvim - by @cordx56 (e3e29)
- Use rustowl/analyze in emacs - by @cordx56 (8dcb7)
- Implement CLI underline show command - by @cordx56 and @MuntasirSZN in #509 (ba14e)
- Support Rust 1.94.0 - by @cordx56 in #548 (5f881)
- Add installer script - by @cordx56 in #567 (a894c)
- Toolchain installation progress bar - by @cordx56 in #569 (84b3f)
- New lifetime visualization algorithm based on CFG analysis - by @cordx56 in #595 (e89f3)
- Implement new precise lifetime visualization plugin for editors - by @cordx56 in #600 (2d1dd)
- Support Rust 1.95.0 - by @cordx56 in #613 (7e20a)
- build:
- Add consistent build script - by @cordx56 in #336 (98dd3)
- cache:
- Implement cache mechanism - by @cordx56 in #361 (0a577)
- config: …

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