version 2.5

[Quillraven]

• [x] Changelog
• [x] Wiki update for entity versioning
• [x] Wiki update for entity tags
• [x] Wiki update for serialization + snapshot

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Changelog

• NEW (BREAKING CHANGE): Entities are no longer value classes. They are now a data class that contains the previous id and a new version. With this new functionality it is now way easier to safely reference entities in components. Big shoutout to @dragbone for the contribution! [#115]
• NEW: A new EntityTag functionality was added which is a more memory efficient and faster way to create components without data. Thanks to @LobbyDivinus for the suggestion and help during development [#119]
• NEW (BREAKING CHANGE): a new Snapshot class was introduced to support the new EntityTag functionality. Check the wiki's serialization page for more details
• UPDATE: Wiki contains updates for the new functionalities and an updated serialization page using kotlinx-serialization with the latest changes
• UPDATE: improved ComponentsHolder memory usage slightly (no longer stores a string property of its name) [#110]
• UPDATE: great performance improvement for BitArray usage which makes entity creation and removal even faster. Thank you @tommyettinger for the contribution! [#111]
• UPDATE: memory improvement for MutableEntityBag. Thanks to @LobbyDivinus [#117]
• UPDATE: some minor improvements when it comes to serialization with kotlinx-serialization
• UPDATE: following versions got updated:
  • Kotlin 1.9.10
  • Dokka 1.9.10
  • Benchmark 0.4.9
  • Kotlinx-serialization 1.6.0
  • Gradle 8.4
• BUGFIX: fixed a potential issue when iterating over the same family in a nested way while modifying it

[Quillraven]

I will do some final tests on the weekend and will then release the new version. @jobe-m: Might be worth to checkout the new serialization wiki page, its examples and also the new SerializationTest class. I think you can remove your BaseSerializer interface in the KorGE example. It should work without it.