What's Changed - main points
* Added strict-mode, enabled by `strict=True`, implemented using interegular by MegaIng
* Read more here: https://lark-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to_use.html#strict-mode
* Cache: Replace md5 hashing with sha256. by wilrodriguez in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1251
* Support for Python-style comments in Lark grammar by vincent-hugot in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1230
* Updates to python.lark
* Bugfixes and cleanup
What's Changed - PRs
* Improve logic and performance by jmishra01 in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1228
* Updated Python grammar list literal to support `[*x]` by evtn in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1232
* Fix typos by kianmeng in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1242
* Examples: Update version for PyQt5 by erezsh in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1243
* Support for Python-style comments in Lark grammar by vincent-hugot in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1230
* [M:grammar.md] doc: added Python-style comments. by vincent-hugot in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1245
* Fix 1154 by MegaIng in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1252
* Rephrased docs for interegular PR (1258) by erezsh in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1260
* Added interegular support by MegaIng in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1258
* Freeze interegular version to 0.2.4 (until fixed) by erezsh in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1262
* Codecov github action fixed by erezsh in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1263
* Added strict-mode, enabled using the strict=True flag by erezsh in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1261
* Unfreeze interegular by MegaIng in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1264
* Replace md5 hashing with sha256. by wilrodriguez in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1251
* Bump pre-commit hooks and add `codespell` hook by kianmeng in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1244
* Docs: Added section about strict-mode to how-to-use by erezsh in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1265
* Limit amount of time/effort interegular will use when creating an example by MegaIng in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1266
* Added progress bar recipe by MegaIng in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1267
* Add exclude in coverage for `if TYPE_CHECKING:` branches by MegaIng in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1278
* Cleanup may2023 by erezsh in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1276
* Update lexer_state to lexer_thread to avoid deprecation warnings by geographika in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1285
* Moved the metadata into `PEP 621`-compliant `pyproject.toml`. by KOLANICH in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1157
* propagate_positions: Bugfix + Better documentation by erezsh in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1294
New Contributors
* kianmeng made their first contribution in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1242
* vincent-hugot made their first contribution in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1230
* wilrodriguez made their first contribution in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1251
* geographika made their first contribution in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1285
* KOLANICH made their first contribution in https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/pull/1157
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/lark-parser/lark/compare/1.1.5...1.1.6