Drop support for Python versions before 3.10

Author: filmor

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         # - Update macos images to at least 14 as 13 is retired
         # - Update ubuntu images
         os: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-22.04-arm, windows-latest, macos-13]
-        python: ['3.14', '3.13', '3.12', '3.11', '3.10', '3.9', '3.8'] # pypy3
+        python: ['3.14', '3.13', '3.12', '3.11', '3.10'] # pypy3
 
     steps:
     - name: Set Environment on macOS

clr_loader/__init__.py

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Sequence
 
-from .types import Assembly, Runtime, RuntimeInfo
-from .util import StrOrPath
+from .types import Assembly, Runtime, RuntimeInfo, StrOrPath
 from .util.find import find_dotnet_root, find_libmono, find_runtimes
 from .util.runtime_spec import DotnetCoreRuntimeSpec
 
@@ -24,17 +23,17 @@
 def get_mono(
     *,
     # domain: Optional[str] = None,
-    config_file: Optional[StrOrPath] = None,
-    global_config_file: Optional[StrOrPath] = None,
-    libmono: Optional[StrOrPath] = None,
+    config_file: StrOrPath | None = None,
+    global_config_file: StrOrPath | None = None,
+    libmono: StrOrPath | None = None,
     sgen: bool = True,
     debug: bool = False,
-    jit_options: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
-    assembly_dir: Optional[str] = None,
-    config_dir: Optional[str] = None,
+    jit_options: Sequence[str] | None = None,
+    assembly_dir: StrOrPath | None = None,
+    config_dir: StrOrPath | None = None,
     set_signal_chaining: bool = False,
-    trace_mask: Optional[str] = None,
-    trace_level: Optional[str] = None,
+    trace_mask: str | None = None,
+    trace_level: str | None = None,
 ) -> Runtime:
     """Get a Mono runtime instance
 
@@ -92,12 +91,12 @@ def get_mono(
 
 def get_coreclr(
     *,
-    runtime_config: Optional[StrOrPath] = None,
-    entry_dll: Optional[StrOrPath] = None,
-    dotnet_root: Optional[StrOrPath] = None,
-    properties: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-    runtime_spec: Optional[DotnetCoreRuntimeSpec] = None,
-    runtime_version: Optional[str] = None,
+    runtime_config: StrOrPath | None = None,
+    entry_dll: StrOrPath | None = None,
+    dotnet_root: StrOrPath | None = None,
+    properties: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    runtime_spec: DotnetCoreRuntimeSpec | None = None,
+    runtime_version: str | None = None,
 ) -> Runtime:
     """Get a CoreCLR (.NET Core) runtime instance
 
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ def get_coreclr(
 
 
 def get_netfx(
-    *, domain: Optional[str] = None, config_file: Optional[StrOrPath] = None
+    *, domain: str | None = None, config_file: StrOrPath | None = None
 ) -> Runtime:
     """Get a .NET Framework runtime instance
 
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ def get_netfx(
     return impl
 
 
-def _maybe_path(p: Optional[StrOrPath]) -> Optional[Path]:
+def _maybe_path(p: StrOrPath | None) -> Path | None:
     if p is None:
         return None
     else:

clr_loader/ffi/__init__.py

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
-import cffi  # type: ignore
+import cffi
 
 from . import hostfxr, mono, netfx
 
 __all__ = ["ffi", "load_hostfxr", "load_mono", "load_netfx"]
 
-ffi = cffi.FFI()  # type: ignore
+ffi = cffi.FFI()
 
 for cdef in hostfxr.cdef + mono.cdef + netfx.cdef:
     ffi.cdef(cdef)
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ def load_hostfxr(dotnet_root: Path):
     hostfxr_path = dotnet_root / "host" / "fxr"
     hostfxr_paths = hostfxr_path.glob(f"*/{hostfxr_name}")
 
-    error_report = list()
+    error_report: list[str] = []
 
     for hostfxr_path in reversed(sorted(hostfxr_paths, key=_path_to_version)):
         try:
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def load_hostfxr(dotnet_root: Path):
     )
 
 
-def load_mono(path: Optional[Path] = None):
+def load_mono(path: Path | None = None):
     # Preload C++ standard library, Mono needs that and doesn't properly link against it
     if sys.platform == "linux":
         ffi.dlopen("stdc++", ffi.RTLD_GLOBAL)
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ def load_netfx():
     return ffi.dlopen(str(path))
 
 
-def _path_to_version(path: Path) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
+def _path_to_version(path: Path) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
     name = path.parent.name
     try:
         # Handle pre-release versions like "10.0.0-rc.1" by taking only the version part

clr_loader/hostfxr.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Generator, Tuple, Optional
+from collections.abc import Generator
 
 from .ffi import ffi, load_hostfxr
 from .types import Runtime, RuntimeInfo, StrOrPath
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         *,
         dotnet_root: Path,
-        runtime_config: Optional[Path] = None,
-        entry_dll: Optional[Path] = None,
+        runtime_config: Path | None = None,
+        entry_dll: Path | None = None,
         **params: str,
     ):
         self._handle = None
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: str) -> None:
         )
         check_result(res)
 
-    def __iter__(self) -> Generator[Tuple[str, str], None, None]:
+    def __iter__(self) -> Generator[tuple[str, str], None, None]:
         if self.is_shutdown:
             raise RuntimeError("Runtime is shut down")
         max_size = 100

clr_loader/mono.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import atexit
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Sequence
+from typing import Any
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 
 from .ffi import ffi, load_mono
 from .types import Runtime, RuntimeInfo, StrOrPath
@@ -17,20 +18,20 @@
 class Mono(Runtime):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        libmono: Optional[Path],
+        libmono: Path | None,
         *,
-        domain: Optional[str] = None,
+        domain: str | None = None,
         debug: bool = False,
-        jit_options: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
-        config_file: Optional[Path] = None,
-        global_config_file: Optional[Path] = None,
-        assembly_dir: Optional[str] = None,
-        config_dir: Optional[str] = None,
+        jit_options: Sequence[str] | None = None,
+        config_file: Path | None = None,
+        global_config_file: Path | None = None,
+        assembly_dir: StrOrPath | None = None,
+        config_dir: StrOrPath | None = None,
         set_signal_chaining: bool = False,
-        trace_mask: Optional[str] = None,
-        trace_level: Optional[str] = None,
+        trace_mask: str | None = None,
+        trace_level: str | None = None,
     ):
-        self._assemblies: Dict[Path, Any] = {}
+        self._assemblies: dict[Path, Any] = {}
 
         self._version: str = initialize(
             config_file=optional_path_as_string(config_file),
@@ -129,16 +130,16 @@ def __call__(self, ptr, size):
 
 
 def initialize(
-    libmono: Optional[Path],
+    libmono: Path | None,
     debug: bool = False,
-    jit_options: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
-    config_file: Optional[str] = None,
-    global_config_file: Optional[str] = None,
-    assembly_dir: Optional[str] = None,
-    config_dir: Optional[str] = None,
+    jit_options: Sequence[str] | None = None,
+    config_file: str | None = None,
+    global_config_file: str | None = None,
+    assembly_dir: StrOrPath | None = None,
+    config_dir: StrOrPath | None = None,
     set_signal_chaining: bool = False,
-    trace_mask: Optional[str] = None,
-    trace_level: Optional[str] = None,
+    trace_mask: str | None = None,
+    trace_level: str | None = None,
 ) -> str:
     global _MONO, _ROOT_DOMAIN
     if _MONO is None:
@@ -151,7 +152,10 @@ def initialize(
             _MONO.mono_trace_set_level_string(trace_level.encode("utf8"))
 
         if assembly_dir is not None and config_dir is not None:
-            _MONO.mono_set_dirs(assembly_dir.encode("utf8"), config_dir.encode("utf8"))
+            _MONO.mono_set_dirs(
+                path_as_string(assembly_dir).encode("utf8"),
+                path_as_string(config_dir).encode("utf8"),
+            )
 
         # Load in global config (i.e /etc/mono/config)
         global_encoded = global_config_file or ffi.NULL

clr_loader/netfx.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import atexit
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any
 
 from .ffi import ffi, load_netfx
 from .types import Runtime, RuntimeInfo, StrOrPath
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 
 
 class NetFx(Runtime):
-    def __init__(
-        self, domain: Optional[str] = None, config_file: Optional[Path] = None
-    ):
-        self._domain: Optional[str] = None
+    def __init__(self, domain: str | None = None, config_file: Path | None = None):
+        self._domain: str | None = None
 
         initialize()
         if config_file is not None:
@@ -22,8 +20,8 @@ def __init__(
 
         domain_s = domain.encode("utf8") if domain else ffi.NULL
 
-        self._domain_name: Optional[str] = domain
-        self._config_file: Optional[Path] = config_file
+        self._domain_name: str | None = domain
+        self._config_file: Path | None = config_file
         self._domain = _FW.pyclr_create_appdomain(domain_s, config_file_s)
 
     def info(self) -> RuntimeInfo:

clr_loader/types.py

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from os import PathLike
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any
+from collections.abc import Callable
 
 __all__ = ["StrOrPath"]
 
-try:
-    StrOrPath = Union[str, PathLike[str]]
-except TypeError:
-    StrOrPath = Union[str, PathLike]
+StrOrPath = str | PathLike[str]
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ class RuntimeInfo:
     version: str
     initialized: bool
     shutdown: bool
-    properties: Dict[str, str] = field(repr=False)
+    properties: dict[str, str] = field(repr=False)
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return (
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ def __init__(self, runtime: "Runtime", path: StrOrPath):
         self._runtime: "Runtime" = runtime
         self._path: StrOrPath = path
 
-    def get_function(self, name: str, func: Optional[str] = None) -> ClrFunction:
+    def get_function(self, name: str, func: str | None = None) -> ClrFunction:
         """Get a wrapped .NET function instance
 
         The function must be ``static``, and it must have the signature

clr_loader/util/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Optional
 
 from ..types import StrOrPath
 from .clr_error import ClrError
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
 ]
 
 
-def optional_path_as_string(path: Optional[StrOrPath]) -> Optional[str]:
+def optional_path_as_string(path: StrOrPath | None) -> str | None:
     if path is None:
         return None
     return path_as_string(path)

clr_loader/util/clr_error.py

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-from typing import Optional
-
-
 class ClrError(Exception):
     def __init__(
         self,
         hresult: int,
-        name: Optional[str] = None,
-        message: Optional[str] = None,
-        comment: Optional[str] = None,
+        name: str | None = None,
+        message: str | None = None,
+        comment: str | None = None,
     ):
         self.hresult = hresult
         self.name = name

clr_loader/util/coreclr_errors.py

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-from typing import Dict, Optional
-
 from .clr_error import ClrError
 
 
-def get_coreclr_error(hresult: int) -> Optional[ClrError]:
+def get_coreclr_error(hresult: int) -> ClrError | None:
     name = SymbolicName.get(hresult)
     if not name:
         return None
@@ -16,9 +14,9 @@ def get_coreclr_error(hresult: int) -> Optional[ClrError]:
     )
 
 
-Comment: Dict[int, str] = {}
-SymbolicName: Dict[int, str] = {}
-Message: Dict[int, str] = {}
+Comment: dict[int, str] = {}
+SymbolicName: dict[int, str] = {}
+Message: dict[int, str] = {}
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ def get_coreclr_error(hresult: int) -> Optional[ClrError]:
 
     marker = "# == Autogenerated from corerror.xml =="
 
-    with open(__file__, "r") as f:
+    with open(__file__) as f:
         current = f.read()
         before, _, _ = current.rpartition(marker)