update pybind11

examples/knxPython/pybind11/README.rst

@@ -3,20 +3,16 @@
 
 **pybind11 — Seamless operability between C++11 and Python**
 
-|Latest Documentation Status| |Stable Documentation Status| |Gitter chat| |CI| |Build status|
+|Latest Documentation Status| |Stable Documentation Status| |Gitter chat| |GitHub Discussions| |CI| |Build status|
 
-.. warning::
+|Repology| |PyPI package| |Conda-forge| |Python Versions|
 
-   Combining older versions of pybind11 (< 2.6.0) with the brand-new Python
-   3.9.0 will trigger undefined behavior that typically manifests as crashes
-   during interpreter shutdown (but could also destroy your data. **You have been
-   warned.**)
+`Setuptools example <https://github.com/pybind/python_example>`_
+• `Scikit-build example <https://github.com/pybind/scikit_build_example>`_
+• `CMake example <https://github.com/pybind/cmake_example>`_
+
+.. start
 
-   We recommend that you wait for Python 3.9.1 slated for release in December,
-   which will include a `fix <https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/22670>`_
-   that resolves this problem.  In the meantime, please update to the latest
-   version of pybind11 (2.6.0 or newer), which includes a temporary workaround
-   specifically when Python 3.9.0 is detected at runtime.
 
 **pybind11** is a lightweight header-only library that exposes C++ types
 in Python and vice versa, mainly to create Python bindings of existing
@@ -36,14 +32,14 @@ this heavy machinery has become an excessively large and unnecessary
 dependency.
 
 Think of this library as a tiny self-contained version of Boost.Python
-with everything stripped away that isn’t relevant for binding
+with everything stripped away that isn't relevant for binding
 generation. Without comments, the core header files only require ~4K
-lines of code and depend on Python (2.7 or 3.5+, or PyPy) and the C++
+lines of code and depend on Python (3.7+, or PyPy) and the C++
 standard library. This compact implementation was possible thanks to
-some of the new C++11 language features (specifically: tuples, lambda
-functions and variadic templates). Since its creation, this library has
-grown beyond Boost.Python in many ways, leading to dramatically simpler
-binding code in many common situations.
+some C++11 language features (specifically: tuples, lambda functions and
+variadic templates). Since its creation, this library has grown beyond
+Boost.Python in many ways, leading to dramatically simpler binding code in many
+common situations.
 
 Tutorial and reference documentation is provided at
 `pybind11.readthedocs.io <https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/latest>`_.
@@ -75,6 +71,7 @@ pybind11 can map the following core C++ features to Python:
 - Internal references with correct reference counting
 - C++ classes with virtual (and pure virtual) methods can be extended
   in Python
+- Integrated NumPy support (NumPy 2 requires pybind11 2.12+)
 
 Goodies
 -------
@@ -82,8 +79,8 @@ Goodies
 In addition to the core functionality, pybind11 provides some extra
 goodies:
 
-- Python 2.7, 3.5+, and PyPy/PyPy3 7.3 are supported with an
-  implementation-agnostic interface.
+- Python 3.7+, and PyPy3 7.3 are supported with an implementation-agnostic
+  interface (pybind11 2.9 was the last version to support Python 2 and 3.5).
 
 - It is possible to bind C++11 lambda functions with captured
   variables. The lambda capture data is stored inside the resulting
@@ -92,8 +89,8 @@ goodies:
 - pybind11 uses C++11 move constructors and move assignment operators
   whenever possible to efficiently transfer custom data types.
 
-- It’s easy to expose the internal storage of custom data types through
-  Pythons’ buffer protocols. This is handy e.g. for fast conversion
+- It's easy to expose the internal storage of custom data types through
+  Pythons' buffer protocols. This is handy e.g. for fast conversion
   between C++ matrix classes like Eigen and NumPy without expensive
   copy operations.
 
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ goodies:
   transparently applied to all entries of one or more NumPy array
   arguments.
 
-- Python’s slice-based access and assignment operations can be
+- Python's slice-based access and assignment operations can be
   supported with just a few lines of code.
 
 - Everything is contained in just a few header files; there is no need
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ goodies:
 - Binaries are generally smaller by a factor of at least 2 compared to
   equivalent bindings generated by Boost.Python. A recent pybind11
   conversion of PyRosetta, an enormous Boost.Python binding project,
-  `reported <http://graylab.jhu.edu/RosettaCon2016/PyRosetta-4.pdf>`_
+  `reported <https://graylab.jhu.edu/Sergey/2016.RosettaCon/PyRosetta-4.pdf>`_
   a binary size reduction of **5.4x** and compile time reduction by
   **5.8x**.
 
@@ -123,15 +120,14 @@ goodies:
 Supported compilers
 -------------------
 
-1. Clang/LLVM 3.3 or newer (for Apple Xcode’s clang, this is 5.0.0 or
+1. Clang/LLVM 3.3 or newer (for Apple Xcode's clang, this is 5.0.0 or
    newer)
 2. GCC 4.8 or newer
-3. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 or newer
-4. Intel C++ compiler 18 or newer
-   (`possible issue <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/2573>`_ on 20.2)
-5. Cygwin/GCC (tested on 2.5.1)
-6. NVCC (CUDA 11.0 tested)
-7. NVIDIA PGI (20.7 and 20.9 tested)
+3. Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or newer
+4. Intel classic C++ compiler 18 or newer (ICC 20.2 tested in CI)
+5. Cygwin/GCC (previously tested on 2.5.1)
+6. NVCC (CUDA 11.0 tested in CI)
+7. NVIDIA PGI (20.9 tested in CI)
 
 About
 -----
@@ -139,9 +135,9 @@ About
 This project was created by `Wenzel
 Jakob <http://rgl.epfl.ch/people/wjakob>`_. Significant features and/or
 improvements to the code were contributed by Jonas Adler, Lori A. Burns,
-Sylvain Corlay, Eric Cousineau, Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve, Trent Houliston, Axel
-Huebl, @hulucc, Yannick Jadoul, Sergey Lyskov Johan Mabille, Tomasz Miąsko,
-Dean Moldovan, Ben Pritchard, Jason Rhinelander, Boris Schäling,  Pim
+Sylvain Corlay, Eric Cousineau, Aaron Gokaslan, Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve, Trent Houliston, Axel
+Huebl, @hulucc, Yannick Jadoul, Sergey Lyskov, Johan Mabille, Tomasz Miąsko,
+Dean Moldovan, Ben Pritchard, Jason Rhinelander, Boris Schäling, Pim
 Schellart, Henry Schreiner, Ivan Smirnov, Boris Staletic, and Patrick Stewart.
 
 We thank Google for a generous financial contribution to the continuous
@@ -165,7 +161,7 @@ to the terms and conditions of this license.
 
 .. |Latest Documentation Status| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/pybind11/badge?version=latest
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@@ -173,3 +169,13 @@ to the terms and conditions of this license.
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