feature: Minimum supported version python>=3.10

Closes #142

Author: ns-rse

.github/workflows/pypi.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: 3.11
       - name: Installing the package
         run: |
           pip3 install .

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python

AFMReader/asd.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """For decoding and loading .asd AFM file format into Python Numpy arrays."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 import errno
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -232,8 +231,7 @@ def load_asd(file_path: str | Path, channel: str):
             header_dict = read_header_file_version_2(open_file)
         else:
             raise ValueError(
-                f"File version {file_version} unknown. Please add support if you "
-                "know how to decode this file version."
+                f"File version {file_version} unknown. Please add support if you know how to decode this file version."
             )
         logger.debug(f"header dict: \n{header_dict}")
 
@@ -250,7 +248,7 @@ def load_asd(file_path: str | Path, channel: str):
         if channel == header_dict["channel1"]:
             logger.info(f"Requested channel {channel} matches first channel in file: {header_dict['channel1']}")
         elif channel == header_dict["channel2"]:
-            logger.info(f"Requested channel {channel} matches second channel in file: " f"{header_dict['channel2']}")
+            logger.info(f"Requested channel {channel} matches second channel in file: {header_dict['channel2']}")
 
             # Skip first channel data
             _size_of_frame_header = header_dict["frame_header_length"]
@@ -818,7 +816,7 @@ def create_analogue_digital_converter(
         )
     else:
         raise ValueError(
-            f"Analogue to digital range hex value {analogue_digital_range} has no known " "analogue-digital mapping."
+            f"Analogue to digital range hex value {analogue_digital_range} has no known analogue-digital mapping."
         )
     logger.info(f"Analogue to digital mapping | Range: {analogue_digital_range} -> {mapping}")
     logger.info(f"Converter: {converter}")

AFMReader/general_loader.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Switchboard for input files."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import numpy.typing as npt

AFMReader/gwy.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """For decoding and loading .gwy AFM file format into Python Numpy arrays."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
 from typing import Any, BinaryIO

AFMReader/ibw.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """For decoding and loading .ibw AFM file format into Python Numpy arrays."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 import errno
 import os
 from pathlib import Path

AFMReader/io.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """For reading and writing data from / to files."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import struct

AFMReader/jpk.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """For decoding and loading .jpk AFM file format into Python Numpy arrays."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 from importlib import resources
 from pathlib import Path
 

AFMReader/spm.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """For decoding and loading .spm AFM file format into Python Numpy arrays."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pySPM

AFMReader/stp.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """For decoding and loading .stp AFM file format into Python Numpy arrays."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 from pathlib import Path
 import re