v2024.1.8

c5b855d7 Update the dependency file (#3994)

51dc26ea Flag to prevent packing of cbuffer elements in HLSL backend. (#3993)
8362c2d4 Create a new release build for linux_x64. (#3989)
beae3a9d Add metal downstream compiler + metallib target. (#3990)
f9bcad35 Initial pass to add capability declarations to stdlib intrinsics. (#3912)
2da28c50 Support arithmetics on generic arguments (#3968)
e0aa53fb allow preludes in include folder (#3976)
adbaf8f2 add `-ignore-capabilities` flag (#3984)
7c162eba Enable NonUniformResourceIndex support for glsl, hlsl and spirv (#3899)
a3a5e7ea Metal: rewrite global variables as explicit context. (#3981)
a2b9e376 ForceInline SampleLevel to allow decorations to be applied (#3977)
d3fd7470 Implement if(let ...) syntax (#3673) (#3958)
5dd27a26 Support combined texture sampler when targeting HLSL. (#3963)
355a8d8f commit to partially fix #3931 (#3972)
2c66cc7e Add skeleton for metal backend. (#3971)
4b3f554a Force Inline all the InterlockedAdd functions in stdlib (#3965)
67313584 Fix Slang documentation typos (#3961)
282da4ac Fix for unscoped enums circular reference causing an error, #3959 (#3962)
d5d39dda Init expressions for struct fields support, #3738 (#3907)
3192f34f [GFX] Fix d3d12 buffer view creation logic for StructuredBuffers. (#3954)
030d7f45 Support 64bit HLSL atomic functions (#3957)
54745ac9 Documentation: fix typos and grammar (#3945)
31c704f2 Fix micro expansion issue for __LINE__. (#3942)
b937207d Fix IR lowering bug of do-while loops. (#3941)
565a871a Fix the issue that 'spGetDependencyFilePath' report 'unknown' (#3927) (#3939)
99584007 Fix another bug in entrypoint specialization arg synthesis. (#3933)
4df7887f Add missing astBuilder setting in `ComponentType::tryFoldIntVal`. (#3934)
cc3e9798 Disable sccache timestamps (#3937)
1afb9cb4 Fix the issues when compiling slang to library (#3936)
2a5d126c WIP: Fix the variable scope issue (#3838) (#3892)
5a9fcbd4 HLSL RT pipeline compile-only tests (#3793)