New in Version 0.17.8

Released 25 May 2025

Several changes to the unpacked_node class:
- An unpacked_node object is now permanently tied to a forest, and to a storage method (full or sparse).
- The unpacked_node constructor is now private; new instances should be created using method New()
- Methods newFull() and newSparse() are deprecated, in favor of newWritable()
- For consistency, creating an unpacked node from a reduced node in a forest should be done via method initFromNode() or newFromNode(), instead of methods in class forest which are now deprecated.
New methods for forest class, for dealing with real-valued terminal nodes. If terminal precision is set to a value other than zero, terminal nodes are rounded by: dividing by terminal precision, round, multiply by terminal precision. Thus, if the terminal precision is 0.01, then terminal values will be rounded to the nearest 0.01.
- setTerminalPrecision() : set the terminal precision for a forest.
- getTerminalPrecision() : get the terminal precision for a forest.
We can now build a dd_edge iterator that starts at a random position, using method random(). As such, unary operator SELECT is now deprecated.