Drop Python 3.7 - #2246
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Thanks a lot, I also think it should be fine to drop support and simplify the code accordingly. CC @EliahKagan if there is anything speaking against dropping py 3.7, we can undo this change as well (while I hope that won't be necessary. |
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Unsure if this is good timing or not, but Python 3.7 reached it's EOL in 2023 (PEP 537), so is overdue to be dropped. This helps reduce the maintenance burden and reduces the CI churn, which are good things. It was 5 years ago this project dropped Python 3.6, for reference.
A few old bits of Python 2 are also identified and modernized, like
IOError->OSErrorand other minor changes.