We describe a new version of the EV8 code that solves the nuclear
Skyrme-Hartree-Fock+BCS problem using a 3-dimensional cartesian mesh. Several
new features have been implemented with respect to the earlier version
published in 2005. In particular, the numerical accuracy has been improved for
a given mesh size by (i) implementing a new solver to determine the Coulomb
potential for protons (ii) implementing a more precise method to calculate the
derivatives on a mesh that had already been implemented earlier in our
beyond-mean-field codes. The code has been made very flexible to enable the use
of a large variety of Skyrme energy density functionals that have been
introduced in the last years. Finally, the treatment of the constraints that
can be introduced in the mean-field equations has been improved. The code Ev8
is today the tool of choice to study the variation of the energy of a nucleus
from its ground state to very elongated or triaxial deformations with a
well-controlled accuracy.Comment: 24 pages, 3 figure