Fix potential memory leak in SMART module & Update 3.3.1

Author: gafoo173

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,46 @@
 All notable changes to HardView Library (Python) will be documented in this file.
 
 
+## [3.3.1] - Hotfix Release
+
+### Highlights:
+
+* **SMART Module Memory Leak Fix:**
+
+  * Fixed a potential memory leak in the `scan_all_drives` function within the SMART module.
+* **API Update 3.3.1**
+
+---
+
+## [3.3.0] - Minor Release
+
+### Highlights:
+
+* **SMART Module for Windows**
+
+  * Added the `HardView.smart` module for retrieving SMART information for disks on Windows (HDD & SSD SATA).
+
+* **SMBIOS Parsing Improvements**
+
+  * Fixed several errors in SMBIOS parsing within the `smbios` module for Windows.
+* **API Update 3.3.0**
+
+> **Note:** All changes apply only to Windows; no changes for Linux.
+
+---
+
+## [3.3.0b1] - Beta Release
+
+### Highlights:
+
+* **New SMART Module for Windows**
+
+  * Added the `HardView.smart` module for retrieving SMART information for disks on Windows (HDD & SSD SATA).
+
+> **Note:** This version is experimental (`beta`). Expect further changes before the stable `3.3.0` release.
+
+---
+
 ## [3.2.0] - Minor Release
 
 ### Highlights:

HardView/SMART/PySMART.cpp

@@ -119,24 +119,22 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(SMART, m) {
                    "' valid=" + (reader.IsValid() ? "True" : "False") + ">";
         });
 
-    // Utility function
-    m.def("scan_all_drives", 
-        [](int max_drives) {
-            std::vector<std::pair<int, std::string>> errors;
-            auto readers = ScanAllDrives(max_drives, &errors);
-            
-            // Convert unique_ptr vector to regular vector for Python
-            std::vector<SmartReader*> result;
-            for (auto& reader : readers) {
-                result.push_back(reader.release());
-            }
-            
-            py::tuple ret = py::make_tuple(result, errors);
-            return ret;
-        },
-        py::arg("max_drives") = 8,
-        "Scan all available drives and return tuple of (readers_list, errors_list)\n"
-        "Returns: ([SmartReader, ...], [(drive_num, error_msg), ...])",
-        py::return_value_policy::take_ownership
-    );
+    m.def("scan_all_drives",  
+       [](int max_drives) { 
+        std::vector<std::pair<int, std::string>> errors; 
+        auto readers = ScanAllDrives(max_drives, &errors); 
+         
+        // Convert unique_ptr vector to py::list with proper ownership
+        py::list result; 
+        for (auto& reader : readers) { 
+            result.append(py::cast(reader.release(), 
+                          py::return_value_policy::take_ownership));
+        } 
+         
+        return py::make_tuple(result, errors); 
+    }, 
+    py::arg("max_drives") = 8, 
+    "Scan all available drives and return tuple of (readers_list, errors_list)\n" 
+    "Returns: ([SmartReader, ...], [(drive_num, error_msg), ...])"
+);
 }

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # HardView - Hardware Information Project
 
 <p>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/PyPI_Stable-3.3.0-blue" alt="PyPI Stable Version" height="28">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/PyPI_Stable-3.3.1-blue" alt="PyPI Stable Version" height="28">
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/downloads-10.7K-red" alt="Version" height="28">
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.8%20|%203.9%20|%203.10%20|%203.11%20|%203.12%20|%203.13%20|%203.14-blue" alt="Supported Python versions" height="28">
 </p>

setup.py

@@ -198,18 +198,17 @@ def get_ext_filename(self, ext_name):
 
 setup(
     name='HardView',
-    version='3.3.0',
+    version='3.3.1',
     description='A comprehensive Python library for collecting hardware information and real-time performance monitoring.',
     long_description='''
-# HardView 3.3.0
+# HardView 3.3.1
 
 A comprehensive Python library for querying low-level hardware information and monitoring system performance in real-time on Windows and Linux systems.
 
 ---
 
-### Additions in 3.3.0
-- Fixing some errors in SMBIOS parsing in the smbios model for Windows.
-- A SMART module has been added to retrieve SMART information for disks on Windows (HDD & SSD SATA).
+### Fixes in 3.3.1
+- Fixed a potential memory leak in the SMART module scan_all_drives function.
 ---
 
     ''',