Remove support for end-of-life Python versions #200
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The following version of Python are EOL. They are no longer receiving bug fixes including for security issues. The following table at the following link shows branch status with dates: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#end-of-life-branches By removing EOL Pythons, the code can take advantage of new features and syntax. Such straightforward fixes have been applied using the tool pyupgrade: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade Adopting new syntax will also allow for additional future improvements such as adding type annotations. Using pypinfo, we can see that that there are no Python 2 users through PyPI: | python_version | percent | download_count | | -------------- | ------: | -------------: | | 3.10 | 30.43% | 7 | | 3.8 | 26.09% | 6 | | 3.6 | 21.74% | 5 | | 3.9 | 17.39% | 4 | | 3.7 | 4.35% | 1 | | Total | | 23 |
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This is a re-sumbission of #194, which was closed due to the author deleting the fork.
The following version of Python are EOL. They are no longer receiving
bug fixes including for security issues. The following table at the
following link shows branch status with dates:
https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#end-of-life-branches
By removing EOL Pythons, the code can take advantage of new features and
syntax. Such straightforward fixes have been applied using the tool
pyupgrade:
https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
Adopting new syntax will also allow for additional future improvements
such as adding type annotations.
Using pypinfo, we can see that that there are no Python 2 users through
PyPI: