* Add test that is sensitive to small radius loss of precision in ixa computation.
* Add test that checks for consistent behaviour when there is an (isolated) zero radius point in the morphology.
* Special case p==1 q==1 case in ratelem so that it can interpolate ixa in the presence of non-finite interpolants.
* Change naming in pw_element/pw_elements: 'element' refers to the extent+value pairs comprising a 'pw_elements' object; 'value' refers to the value associated with an element; 'extent' refers to the closed interval which is the support of the element.
* Allow values (but not extents) in a pw_elements object to be mutable, using proxies for iterator access.
* Write piecewise zip (pw_zip) in terms of a lazy pw_zip_view. Rename zip functions.
* Document pw_elements more thoroughly.
* Simplify and document embed_pwlin.cpp routines, expressing everything in terms of simple interpolate/integrate operations.
* Represent integrated inverse cross-sectional area in the embedding by multiple piecewise-rational functions over a branch, each of which contribute separately to an ixa-based integration, so that precision loss associated with small (or zero) radii can be avoided.
* Comment embed_pwlin.cpp more thoroughly.

Fixes #1526 

Add SVE implementations of `sin` and `cos` using `std::sin` and `std::cos` respectively. 
Fixes failing CI on a64fx architectures for vectorized builds.

Some refactoring of the SOLVE statement handling in `module.cpp`. 
Allow the usage of `SparseNonlinearSolverVisitor` for non-linear systems not only when in the form of a kinetic scheme. 
Check linearity of kinetic schemes and linear systems (was previously skipped).

Adds support for user-defined gap junction mechanisms. Fixes #1600.

- API Change: Wrap `mechanism_desc` in one of `density`, `synapse`, `junction` to be able to differentiate the kind of placed mechanism between point and junction mechanisms. 
- API Change: The `ggap` parameter of a `gap_junction_connection` renamed to `weight` and is not a unit-less parameter. 
- Mechanism ABI change: New `peer_index` vector which stores the indices of the peer sites of a gap-junction-connection. New mechanism kind. 
- Internal API change: `shared_state` no longer controls the gap junction current contribution, that is now handled in the mechanism callbacks.
- Modcc change: Add `JUNCTION_PROCESS` and `v_peer` keywords to nmodl, the first to identify a gap-junction mechanism, the second to access the peer voltage of a gap-junction connection. Modify modcc to be able to compile nmodl and generate correct code.
- Behavior change: gap-junctions now contribute to both the current and conductance of a CV as opposed to just the current.
- Add new "gj" mechanism, to replace the built-in constant-conductance based linear gap-junction implementation.
- Fix unit tests.
- Fix python wrapper. 
- Fix docs. 

Add `proximal-translate` and `distal-translate` locset expressions.

Fixes #1662

Fix sub-optimal performance in external catalogues.

Fixes #1712

Add methods to `label_dict`
- iterators `keys`, `values`, `items`
- `update(dict)`
- `label_dict(iter[k, v])`, `label_dict(label_dict)`
- `__contains__`

Also bump `pybind11` to latest and clean up `label_dict` implementation.

Addresses #1535 (in so far as possible) 

* Add platform abstraction for loading DLL/SOs.
* Throw more informative exceptions when handling DLL/SOs.
* More informative errors when dealing with dynamically loaded catalogues.
* Translate `arb::file_not_found_error` to `FileNotFoundError` in Python.

- Add `simulation.clear_samplers` to remove spikes and samples from Python.
- Usecase: long-running simulations; where unlimited growth of sampling memory is an issue.

A `--debug` flag is added so that users can inspect the out-of-tree generated C++ code of their catalogue builds.

Adds the `profiler_initialize(ctx)` and `profiler_summary()` functions to the Python module and the `profiling` key to `arbor.config()`. closes #1685.

- `make install` in CI
- make `build-catalogue` play nice with Python 3.6
- execute `build-catalogue`

Fixes #1666

Limit poisson schedule with a stop time using the same semantics as the regular schedule.
closes #1617

More, subtler fallout of the ABI patchset: When mechanisms are added to empty regions, various, layered segfaults
appear.
1. `set_parameter` will receive a `nullptr` upon linear search, throwing `no such parameter`
2. Guarding this for finite `width` uncovers further need in the ABI interface methods
3. This is caused by early exit in `instantiate` on `width == 0`
4. Getting rid of this is better, as we can treat vacuous mechanism painting like all others...
5. ...but causes another segfault, since we default index arrays to `cv_pos.back()` but `cv_pos` is empty.

This patch fixes all of the above and in addition removes mechanisms without support before reifying them
on the FVM cells. Relevant tests are added.

Expose default (empty) catalogue constructor to Python

Fixes 2 bugs where modcc expects a range variable but gets a non-range variable instead.

    PowBinaryExpressions were being handled separately from other BinaryExpressions and as a result, some crucial analysis was being skipped on the analysis of the lhs and rhs arguments. This PR incorporates the analysis and printing of PowBinaryExpression into BinaryExpression.
    Printing code for a masked AssignmentExpression was not handling the case of a non-range variable on the rhs of the assignment correctly. In that case, an explicit cast to a vector is needed, which is added in this PR.