GAP.jl 0.6.0 released

We are pleased to announce the release of GAP.jl 0.6.0, a major update to the GAP.jl package which provides full bidirectional access to the GAP computer algebra system from the Julia language and vice-versa.

Here is an overview of the changes in this release:

• Update from GAP 4.11.0 to a prerelease of 4.12, which brings many improvements
• Add support for macOS on Apple M1
• Add support for Julia 1.7
• Add macros @gapattribute and @gapwrap
• Revise handling of GAP errors, fixing many bugs related to that
• Add support for using Julia’s random sources in GAP, and vice versa
• Many other small changes

For more details, please consult the GAP.jl 0.6.0 release page.