v0.4.0rc3

What's Changed

• chore[ux]: compute natspec as part of standard pipeline by @charles-cooper in #3946
• chore[tool]: add help text for hex-ir CLI flag by @antazoey in #3942
• fix[ux]: replace standard strings with f-strings by @trocher in #3953
• fix[lang]: builtin type comparisons by @charles-cooper in #3956
• fix[lang]: fix pow folding when args are not literals by @charles-cooper in #3949
• chore[docs]: fix some typos by @wellweek in #3855
• feat[lang]: support block.blobbasefee by @tserg in #3945
• fix[docs]: fix clipped endAuction method in example section by @electriclilies in #3969
• feat[venom]: implement mem2var and sccp passes by @harkal in #3941
• chore[ci]: downgrade codecov action to v3 by @charles-cooper in #3940
• refactor[docs]: refactor security policy by @cyberthirst in #3981
• fix[codegen]: same symbol jumpdest merge by @harkal in #3982
• refactor[test]: bypass eth-tester and interface with evm backend directly by @DanielSchiavini in #3846
• feat[lang]: add blobhash() builtin by @pcaversaccio in #3962
• refactor[venom]: introduce IRContext and IRAnalysisCache by @harkal in #3983
• feat[test]: remove memory mocker by @charles-cooper in #4005
• chore[test]: always specify the evm backend by @DanielSchiavini in #4006
• refactor[test]: change default expected exception type by @DanielSchiavini in #4004
• chore[ux]: remove deprecated python AST classes by @tserg in #3998
• refactor[ux]: remove deprecated VyperNode properties by @tserg in #3999
• refactor[test]: change fixture scope in examples by @charles-cooper in #3995
• feat[tool]: archive format by @charles-cooper in #3891
• feat[venom]: optimize get_basic_block() by @charles-cooper in #4002
• fix[venom]: fix branch eliminator cases in sccp by @charles-cooper in #4003
• fix[venom]: fix eval of exp in sccp by @charles-cooper in #4009

New Contributors

• @wellweek made their first contribution in #3855
• @electriclilies made their first contribution in #3969

Full Changelog: v0.4.0rc2...v0.4.0rc3