rizsotto/Bear 4.1.1

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What's Changed

Features

• New compiler support: MSVC, clang-cl, Intel C/C++ (icx, icpx), NVIDIA HPC SDK (nvc, nvc++, nvfortran), ARM Compiler 6, and IBM Open XL
• Windows improvements: case-insensitive executable matching and slash-prefix flag support (e.g. /Fo, /Ot)
• Environment variable forwarding: data-driven per-compiler environment variable extraction, replacing hardcoded GCC-only handling
• Install script: add DESTDIR support for packaging workflows

Bug Fixes

• fix: canonical path generation on Windows stripping \\?\ prefix (#683)
• fix: inconsistent flag inheritance - make all resolution transitive
• fix: replace remaining panics with proper anyhow error handling

Performance

• Eliminate temporary String allocations in flag pattern matching
• Remove intermediate Vec<String> from FlagMatch
• Pre-allocate Vec capacity in parse_arguments and parse_environment
• Replace Box<dyn Arguments> with Argument enum (static dispatch)

Code Generation Overhaul

• Extract bear-codegen crate from build.rs flag generation
• Add flag dedup and conflict detection during inheritance
• Add colon separator patterns and pass-through flag support
• Add flag terminator support
• Introduce ResolvedTable with snapshot, schema validation, and property-based tests

Internal Refactoring

• Decouple intercept layer from semantic compiler recognition
• Extract EntryFilter trait and FilteredOutputWriter into filtering module
• Tighten module visibility (pub to pub(super) and private)
• Simplify CompilerCommand to Command, remove OutputCommand wrapper

Documentation

• Updated man page with correct schema version, complete compiler list, and cc/c++ defaults
• Cleaned up README

Closed Issues

• #683 - bear generates invalid canonical paths
• #682 - install.sh should also have a DESTDIR variable

Full Changelog: 4.1.0...4.1.1