build, meta: drop Python 3.7 support, checks, and CI job

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.7"
           - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"

README.rst

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ First, either clone the repository with ``git clone
 https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel.git`` or download a tarball `from GitHub
 <https://github.com/sopel-irc/sopel/releases/latest>`_.
 
-Note: Sopel requires Python 3.7+ to run.
+Note: Sopel requires Python 3.8+ to run.
 
 In the source directory (whether cloned or from the tarball) run ``pip install
 -e .``. You can then run ``sopel`` to configure and start the bot.

pyproject.toml

@@ -35,14 +35,13 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: Eiffel Forum License (EFL)",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Eiffel Forum License",
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Topic :: Communications :: Chat :: Internet Relay Chat",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "xmltodict>=0.12,<0.14",
     "pytz",

setup.cfg

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ignore =
     # Sopel no longer supports Python versions that require them.
     FI58,
     # These would require future imports that are not needed any more on Sopel's
-    # oldest supported Python version (3.7).
+    # oldest supported Python version (3.8).
     FI10,FI11,FI12,FI13,FI14,FI15,FI16,FI17,
     # We use postponed annotation evaluation
     TC2,

sopel/__init__.py

@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from collections import namedtuple
+import importlib.metadata
 import locale
 import re
 import sys
 
-# TODO: replace with stdlib importlib.metadata when dropping py3.7
-# version info used in this module works from py3.8+
-import importlib_metadata
 
 __all__ = [
     'bot',
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@
           'something like "en_US.UTF-8".', file=sys.stderr)
 
 
-__version__ = importlib_metadata.version('sopel')
+__version__ = importlib.metadata.version('sopel')
 
 
 def _version_info(version=__version__):

sopel/bot.py

@@ -1255,8 +1255,8 @@ def search_url_callbacks(self, url):
             The Python documentation for the `re.search`__ function and
             the `match object`__.
 
-        .. __: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/re.html#re.search
-        .. __: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/re.html#match-objects
+        .. __: https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/re.html#re.search
+        .. __: https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/re.html#match-objects
 
         """
         for regex, function in self._url_callbacks.items():

sopel/cli/run.py

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 # This is in case someone somehow manages to install Sopel on an old version
 # of pip (<9.0.0), which doesn't know about `python_requires`, or tries to run
 # from source on an unsupported version of Python.
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-    utils.stderr('Error: Sopel requires Python 3.7+.')
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    utils.stderr('Error: Sopel requires Python 3.8+.')
     sys.exit(1)
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

sopel/irc/isupport.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from collections import OrderedDict
 import functools
 import itertools
 import re
@@ -392,10 +391,7 @@ def PREFIX(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         if 'PREFIX' not in self:
             raise AttributeError('PREFIX')
 
-        # This can use a normal dict once we drop python 3.6, as 3.7 promises
-        # `dict` maintains insertion order. Since `OrderedDict` subclasses
-        # `dict`, we'll not promise to always return the former.
-        return OrderedDict(self['PREFIX'])
+        return dict(self['PREFIX'])
 
     @property
     def TARGMAX(self):

sopel/modules/announce.py

@@ -25,12 +25,8 @@ def _chunks(items, size):
     # This approach is safer than slicing with non-subscriptable types,
     # for example `dict_keys` objects
     iterator = iter(items)
-    # TODO: Simplify to assignment expression (`while cond := expr`)
-    # when dropping Python 3.7
-    chunk = tuple(itertools.islice(iterator, size))
-    while chunk:
+    while (chunk := tuple(itertools.islice(iterator, size))):
         yield chunk
-        chunk = tuple(itertools.islice(iterator, size))
 
 
 @plugin.command('announce')

sopel/plugins/handlers.py

@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@
 import itertools
 import os
 import sys
-from typing import Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
-
-# TODO: refactor along with usage in sopel.__init__ in py3.8+ world
-import importlib_metadata
+from typing import Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, TypedDict
 
 from sopel import __version__ as release, loader, plugin as plugin_decorators
 from . import exceptions
@@ -64,6 +61,26 @@
     from types import ModuleType
 
 
+class PluginMetaDescription(TypedDict):
+    """Meta description of a plugin, as a dictionary.
+
+    This dictionary is expected to contain specific keys:
+
+    * name: a short name for the plugin
+    * label: a descriptive label for the plugin; see
+      :meth:`~sopel.plugins.handlers.AbstractPluginHandler.get_label`
+    * type: the plugin's type
+    * source: the plugin's source
+      (filesystem path, python module/import path, etc.)
+    * version: the plugin's version string if available, otherwise ``None``
+    """
+    name: str
+    label: str
+    type: str
+    source: str
+    version: Optional[str]
+
+
 class AbstractPluginHandler(abc.ABC):
     """Base class for plugin handlers.
 
@@ -107,22 +124,14 @@ def get_label(self) -> str:
         """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def get_meta_description(self) -> dict:
+    def get_meta_description(self) -> PluginMetaDescription:
         """Retrieve a meta description for the plugin.
 
-        :return: meta description information
+        :return: Metadata about the plugin
         :rtype: :class:`dict`
 
-        The expected keys are:
-
-        * name: a short name for the plugin
-        * label: a descriptive label for the plugin
-        * type: the plugin's type
-        * source: the plugin's source
-          (filesystem path, python import path, etc.)
-        * version: the plugin's version string if available, otherwise ``None``
+        The expected keys are detailed in :class:`PluginMetaDescription`.
         """
-        # TODO: change return type to a TypedDict when dropping py3.7
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def get_version(self):
@@ -284,26 +293,21 @@ def get_label(self):
         lines = inspect.cleandoc(module_doc).splitlines()
         return default_label if not lines else lines[0]
 
-    def get_meta_description(self):
+    def get_meta_description(self) -> PluginMetaDescription:
         """Retrieve a meta description for the plugin.
 
-        :return: meta description information
+        :return: Metadata about the plugin
         :rtype: :class:`dict`
 
-        The keys are:
-
-        * name: the plugin's name
-        * label: see :meth:`~sopel.plugins.handlers.PyModulePlugin.get_label`
-        * type: see :attr:`PLUGIN_TYPE`
-        * source: the name of the plugin's module
-        * version: the version string of the plugin if available, otherwise ``None``
+        The expected keys are detailed in :class:`PluginMetaDescription`.
 
-        Example::
+        This implementation uses its module's dotted import path as the
+        ``source`` value::
 
             {
                 'name': 'example',
-                'type: 'python-module',
-                'label: 'example plugin',
+                'type': 'python-module',
+                'label': 'example plugin',
                 'source': 'sopel_modules.example',
                 'version': '3.1.2',
             }
@@ -489,21 +493,21 @@ def _load(self):
         self.module_spec.loader.exec_module(module)
         return module
 
-    def get_meta_description(self):
+    def get_meta_description(self) -> PluginMetaDescription:
         """Retrieve a meta description for the plugin.
 
-        :return: meta description information
+        :return: Metadata about the plugin
         :rtype: :class:`dict`
 
-        This returns the same keys as
-        :meth:`PyModulePlugin.get_meta_description`; the ``source`` key is
-        modified to contain the source file's path instead of its Python module
-        dotted path::
+        The expected keys are detailed in :class:`PluginMetaDescription`.
+
+        This implementation uses its source file's path as the ``source``
+        value::
 
             {
                 'name': 'example',
-                'type: 'python-file',
-                'label: 'example plugin',
+                'type': 'python-file',
+                'label': 'example plugin',
                 'source': '/home/username/.sopel/plugins/example.py',
                 'version': '3.1.2',
             }
@@ -607,28 +611,34 @@ def get_version(self) -> Optional[str]:
         """
         version: Optional[str] = super().get_version()
 
-        if version is None and hasattr(self.module, "__package__"):
+        if (
+            version is None
+            and hasattr(self.module, "__package__")
+            and self.module.__package__ is not None
+        ):
             try:
-                version = importlib_metadata.version(self.module.__package__)
+                version = importlib.metadata.version(self.module.__package__)
             except ValueError:
                 # package name is probably empty-string; just give up
                 pass
 
         return version
 
-    def get_meta_description(self):
+    def get_meta_description(self) -> PluginMetaDescription:
         """Retrieve a meta description for the plugin.
 
-        :return: meta description information
+        :return: Metadata about the plugin
         :rtype: :class:`dict`
 
-        This returns the output of :meth:`PyModulePlugin.get_meta_description`
-        but with the ``source`` key modified to reference the entry point::
+        The expected keys are detailed in :class:`PluginMetaDescription`.
+
+        This implementation uses its entry point definition as the ``source``
+        value::
 
             {
                 'name': 'example',
-                'type: 'setup-entrypoint',
-                'label: 'example plugin',
+                'type': 'setup-entrypoint',
+                'label': 'example plugin',
                 'source': 'example = my_plugin.example',
                 'version': '3.1.2',
             }

sopel/plugins/rules.py

@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ def _clean_rules(rules, nick, aliases):
 
 def _compile_pattern(pattern, nick, aliases=None):
     if aliases:
-        nicks = list(aliases)  # alias_nicks.copy() doesn't work in py2
-        nicks.append(nick)
-        nick = '(?:%s)' % '|'.join(re.escape(n) for n in nicks)
+        nick = '(?:%s)' % '|'.join(re.escape(n) for n in (nick, *aliases))
     else:
         nick = re.escape(nick)
 
@@ -671,7 +669,7 @@ def match(self, bot, pretrigger) -> Iterable:
 
         This method must return a list of `match objects`__.
 
-        .. __: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/re.html#match-objects
+        .. __: https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/re.html#match-objects
         """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
@@ -842,7 +840,7 @@ def parse(self, text) -> Generator:
         :return: yield a list of match object
         :rtype: generator of `re.match`__
 
-        .. __: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/re.html#match-objects
+        .. __: https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/re.html#match-objects
         """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
@@ -1762,7 +1760,6 @@ class URLCallback(Rule):
 
     @classmethod
     def from_callable(cls, settings, handler):
-        execute_handler = handler
         regexes = cls.regex_from_callable(settings, handler)
         kwargs = cls.kwargs_from_callable(handler)
 
@@ -1774,13 +1771,19 @@ def from_callable(cls, settings, handler):
             # account for the 'self' parameter when the handler is a method
             match_count = 4
 
+        execute_handler = handler
         argspec = inspect.getfullargspec(handler)
 
         if len(argspec.args) >= match_count:
             @functools.wraps(handler)
-            def execute_handler(bot, trigger):
+            def handler_match_wrapper(bot, trigger):
                 return handler(bot, trigger, match=trigger)
 
+            # don't directly `def execute_handler` to override it;
+            # doing incurs the wrath of pyflakes in the form of
+            # "F811: Redefinition of unused name"
+            execute_handler = handler_match_wrapper
+
         kwargs.update({
             'handler': execute_handler,
             'schemes': settings.core.auto_url_schemes,