Merge branch 'release/1.12.0'
Renamed variables
Minimizing mixup in variable names
Always returning integers
Fixed bad parameter order
More efficient return usage
Removed unused variables
Removed some comments
Implemented GSI consecutive check support
Removed unused variables
Fixed reading of wrong config options
Bumped version to 1.12.1
Added release notes for 1.12.1
Merge branch 'hotfix/1.12.1' into develop
Merge branch 'develop' into feature/issue-148
Clean up