🔬 Dissect 4.0.0

This release modernizes the entire codebase for PHP 8.4+ and raises the quality bar to PHPStan level 10 — the strictest static analysis setting.

Breaking Changes:

Recognizer::match() API changed — returns ?string (matched value or null) instead of using a by-reference output parameter. Update any custom Recognizer implementations accordingly.
Token::getType() return type narrowed from mixed to string. Custom Token implementations must update their signature.
PHP 8.4 is now the minimum required version.

What's New

Readonly constructor promotion throughout all value-object classes (CommonToken, Rule, Item, State, AnalysisResult, exception classes, and more)
Precise generic type annotations — parse table array shapes, SplQueue<State>, ArrayIterator<int, Token>, [@template](https://github.com/template) T of string constraints — making the library fully transparent to static analysis tools
StatefulLexer internal refactor — decomposed a complex nested array into three flat, separately-typed arrays (stateRecognizers, stateActions, stateSkipTokens) for clarity and correctness
RegexLexer — cached regex compiled as a class property instead of a static local variable; added explicit guard for preg_split failure
Bug fix — Util::substring() now uses byte-based substr() consistent with strlen() position tracking in AbstractLexer, fixing incorrect slicing on multibyte input
Bug fix — CommonNode consolidated from two split backing arrays ($nodes / $children) into one, so nodes passed to the constructor are now visible through all accessors
Bug fix — undefined variable in Analyzer::buildParseTable() when resolving reduce/reduce conflicts
PHPStan (phpstan/phpstan + phpstan/phpstan-phpunit) added as dev dependencies; CI workflow included

Dissect Laravel Package

🔬 Dissect 4.0.0

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