v0.16.4

Bug Fixes

• C Extension Exception handling: Added a missing exception test case.

Code Quality

• Build Configuration Simplification: Streamlined DEBUG/NDEBUG macro usage to follow standard C conventions
  • Removed custom DEBUG macro in favor of standard NDEBUG macro
  • Removed -DDEBUG compiler flag from setup.py
  • Debug builds now use -UNDEBUG to undefine NDEBUG (enables assertions)
  • Optimized builds use -DNDEBUG to define NDEBUG (disables assertions)
  • Simplified get_build_info() to return only build_type field ("debug" or "optimized")
  • Updated fast_build.sh script to match simplified API

API Improvements

• Implementation Info Consistency: Fixed get_implementation_info() to return consistent dictionary structure
  • Pure Python fallback now includes empty build_info dict for API consistency
  • Both C extension and pure Python branches now return same dictionary keys
  • Enables safer code that can check if info['build_info']: without key errors