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This release adds the following features to the Python yycboost command-line application:

• When a required file does not exist, yycboost waits for it to appear rather than exiting with an error.

• Several new command-line arguments, as described in the output of yycboost /help:

  Usage: yycboost.exe [/?] [/b] [/c] [/a] [-bp=PATH] [-pf[=PATH]] [-t=SECONDS] [-j=COUNT] [-l=PATH]
                      [CPP_DIR]
  
  Options:
    /?, /help             Show information about command-line arguments.
    /b, /background       Create a background process that is detached from the current terminal (if
                          any) and allows the calling process to continue immediately instead of
                          blocking until finished. Implies "/auto".
    /c, /close            Signal an existing instance of YYCBoost to exit, by deleting the file
                          given by the "-pidfile" option, or, if that option is absent, the default
                          PID file location. Do not perform any code injection and immediately exit
                          after this.
    /a, /auto             Use default values rather than prompting the user for any input.
    -bp, -buildpath=PATH
                          The path of the "build.bff" file corresponding to the target. If not
                          specified, the user is prompted to enter a path on the terminal, unless
                          "/auto" is set, in which case the default value of
                          "%LocalAppData%\GameMakerStudio2\GMS2TEMP\build.bff" is used.
    -pf, -pidfile[=PATH]
                          Creates a text file at "PATH" containing the main process ID of YYCBoost
                          and watches it for changes: if the file is deleted, moved, or its contents
                          changed, this acts as a termination signal and causes the present instance
                          to exit; otherwise, YYCboost deletes the PID file when exiting normally.
                          If "PATH" exists, YYCBoost overwrites it. If "-pidfile" is given without a
                          "PATH" argument, then it defaults to "yycboost.pid" in the current user's
                          home directory (on Windows: %UserProfile%).
    -t, -timeout=SECONDS
                          Close after this many seconds, or stay open until explicitly closed if
                          SECONDS is 0. If not specified, defaults to 300 if "/background" is set,
                          or otherwise to 0.
    -j, -threads=COUNT
                          The number of CPU cores to use. If not specified, defaults to the total
                           number of cores on the system.
    -l, -logfile=PATH
                          Print status messages to PATH rather than to stdout/err. This is useful
                          for debugging while the "/background" option is active.
  
  Positional arguments:
    CPP_DIR               Load cache directory from command line (no injection, only cleanup, handy
                          for GMS1.4) [Note: this option doesn't appear to do anything useful; it
                          has been kept for backward compatibility, but may be removed in the
                          future. The "cache directory" referred to here is the project-specific
                          directory for .gml.cpp files, for example "%LocalAppData%\GameMakerStudio2
                          \Cache\GMS2CACHE\YYCBoost_2083F10D\YYCBoost\Default\Scripts\llvm-win"; if
                          this argument is present, then the "build.bff" file is not loaded and its
                          path need not be given.]