1.9.7: Bugfixes, build system cleanups

What's Changed

• Fixes PreventInSourceBuilds.cmake to work with add_subdirectory by @morbo84 in #1383
• json_value.cpp bug in the edges of uint/int by @YaalLek in #1519
• Release 1.9.6 and move versions to 1.9.7 by @baylesj in #1566
• Fixed work secure_allocator on old compiers by @TsynkPavel in #1478
• Fix flag -DJSONCPP_USE_SECURE_MEMORY:BOOL=TRUE by @tfc in #1567
• fix(build): remove check_required_components for meson build by @chenrui333 in #1570
• the cgi module was removed from Python3.13 by @a-detiste in #1578
• Fix name of static library when targeting MinGW. by @mmuetzel in #1579
• Fix comparison warnings caused by 54fc4e2 by @JensMertelmeyer in #1575
• Drop pre-C++11 alternatives by @BillyDonahue in #1593
• feat: support std::string_view in Value API by @evalon32 in #1584
• Added Value::findType with String key by @SwintonStreet in #1574
• Set up for Bazel module builds. by @bcsgh in #1597
• Add a BUILD.bazel file for //example. by @bcsgh in #1602
• Fix "include what you use" issue by @victorvianna in #1625
• Make the build configuration under Bazel more correct. by @bcsgh in #1600
• Add Bazel tests by @bcsgh in #1601
• Return false in Reader::readValue when stack limit is exceeded by @xuhdev in #1619
• Remove deprecated/removed clang-tidy key AnalyzeTemporaryDtors (#1614) by @bmagistro in #1615
• [docs] Consuming JSONCpp via Conan package manager by @uilianries in #1622
• Cleanup README.md, fix broken link. by @baylesj in #1633
• Add gcovr.cfg to fix CI coverage merge errors by @baylesj in #1635
• Remove build directory exclusion from gcovr config by @baylesj in #1640
• Add test for allowDroppedNullPlaceholders by @baylesj in #1648
• Prevent test colision when running in parallel via RESOURCE_LOCK by @marty1885 in #1637
• fixup project version updater by @baylesj in #1649
• Update README with project status and focus by @baylesj in #1639
• Adding a cmake option to exclude the jsoncpp files from install. by @nv-jdeligiannis in #1596
• Change stack depth limit to 256 by @baylesj in #1657
• Fix uninitialized CMake variable in version.in by @baylesj in #1658
• Fix CMake deprecation warning for compatibility with CMake < 3.10 by @baylesj in #1659
• Scope JSON_DLL_BUILD to shared lib target only by @baylesj in #1660
• Fix number parsing failing under non-C locales by @baylesj in #1662
• Reject unescaped control characters in JSON strings by @baylesj in #1663
• Fix MSAN issue in #1626 by @baylesj in #1654
• Fix string_view ABI mismatch between library and consumers by @baylesj in #1661
• Revert "Fix number parsing failing under non-C locales" by @baylesj in #1664
• Fix use-after-free in Reader::parse(std::istream&) by @baylesj in #1665
• Update bazel config for 9.x by @keith in #1655

New Contributors

• @morbo84 made their first contribution in #1383
• @YaalLek made their first contribution in #1519
• @tfc made their first contribution in #1567
• @chenrui333 made their first contribution in #1570
• @a-detiste made their first contribution in #1578
• @mmuetzel made their first contribution in #1579
• @JensMertelmeyer made their first contribution in #1575
• @evalon32 made their first contribution in #1584
• @SwintonStreet made their first contribution in #1574
• @victorvianna made their first contribution in #1625
• @xuhdev made their first contribution in #1619
• @bmagistro made their first contribution in #1615
• @uilianries made their first contribution in #1622
• @marty1885 made their first contribution in #1637
• @nv-jdeligiannis made their first contribution in #1596
• @keith made their first contribution in #1655

Full Changelog: 1.9.6...1.9.7