Removing Python 3.8 support; Adding Python 3.13 testing

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
-          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
+          - "3.13"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:

argparse_dataclass.py

@@ -225,18 +225,17 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
+from argparse import BooleanOptionalAction
 from typing import (
     TypeVar,
     Optional,
     Sequence,
     Type,
     Tuple,
-    List,
     get_origin,
     Literal,
     get_args,
     Union,
-    Dict,
     Any,
     Generic,
 )
@@ -249,54 +248,6 @@
 )
 from importlib.metadata import version
 
-if hasattr(argparse, "BooleanOptionalAction"):
-    # BooleanOptionalAction was added in Python 3.9
-    BooleanOptionalAction = argparse.BooleanOptionalAction
-else:
-    # backport of argparse.BooleanOptionalAction.
-    class BooleanOptionalAction(argparse.Action):
-        def __init__(
-            self,
-            option_strings,
-            dest,
-            default=None,
-            type=None,
-            choices=None,
-            required=False,
-            help=None,
-            metavar=None,
-        ):
-            _option_strings = []
-            for option_string in option_strings:
-                _option_strings.append(option_string)
-
-                if option_string.startswith("--"):
-                    option_string = "--no-" + option_string[2:]
-                    _option_strings.append(option_string)
-
-            if help is not None and default is not None:
-                help += f" (default: {default})"
-
-            super().__init__(
-                option_strings=_option_strings,
-                dest=dest,
-                nargs=0,
-                default=default,
-                type=type,
-                choices=choices,
-                required=required,
-                help=help,
-                metavar=metavar,
-            )
-
-        def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
-            if option_string in self.option_strings:
-                setattr(namespace, self.dest, not option_string.startswith("--no-"))
-
-        def format_usage(self):
-            return " | ".join(self.option_strings)
-
-
 # In Python 3.10, we can use types.NoneType
 NoneType = type(None)
 
@@ -316,7 +267,7 @@ def parse_args(options_class: Type[OptionsType], args: ArgsType = None) -> Optio
 
 def parse_known_args(
     options_class: Type[OptionsType], args: ArgsType = None
-) -> Tuple[OptionsType, List[str]]:
+) -> Tuple[OptionsType, list[str]]:
     """Parse known arguments and return tuple containing dataclass type
     and list of remaining arguments.
     """
@@ -424,7 +375,7 @@ def _add_dataclass_options(
             parser.add_argument(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def _get_kwargs(namespace: argparse.Namespace) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+def _get_kwargs(namespace: argparse.Namespace) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Converts a Namespace to a dictionary containing the items that
     to be used as keyword arguments to the Options class.
     """
@@ -511,7 +462,7 @@ def parse_args(self, args: ArgsType = None, namespace=None) -> OptionsType:
 
     def parse_known_args(
         self, args: ArgsType = None, namespace=None
-    ) -> Tuple[OptionsType, List[str]]:
+    ) -> Tuple[OptionsType, list[str]]:
         """Parse known arguments and return tuple containing dataclass type
         and list of remaining arguments.
         """

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "argparse_dataclass"
 version = "2.1.0"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 description = "Declarative CLIs with argparse and dataclasses"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 authors = [
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ classifiers = [
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]

tests/test_argumentparser.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import datetime as dt
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 
-from typing import List, Optional, Union, Literal
+from typing import Optional, Union, Literal
 from argparse_dataclass import ArgumentParser
 
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_nargs(self):
         @dataclass
         class Args:
             name: str
-            friends: List[str] = field(metadata=dict(nargs=2))
+            friends: list[str] = field(metadata=dict(nargs=2))
 
         args = ["--name", "Sam", "--friends", "pippin", "Frodo"]
         params = ArgumentParser(Args).parse_args(args)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def test_nargs_plus(self):
         @dataclass
         class Args:
             name: str
-            friends: List[str] = field(metadata=dict(nargs="+"))
+            friends: list[str] = field(metadata=dict(nargs="+"))
 
         args = ["--name", "Sam", "--friends", "pippin", "Frodo"]
         params = ArgumentParser(Args).parse_args(args)

tests/test_functional.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import datetime as dt
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 
-from typing import List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 from argparse_dataclass import parse_args, parse_known_args
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def test_nargs(self):
         @dataclass
         class Args:
             name: str
-            friends: List[str] = field(metadata=dict(nargs=2))
+            friends: list[str] = field(metadata=dict(nargs=2))
 
         args = ["--name", "Sam", "--friends", "pippin", "Frodo"]
         params = parse_args(Args, args)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def test_nargs_plus(self):
         @dataclass
         class Args:
             name: str
-            friends: List[str] = field(metadata=dict(nargs="+"))
+            friends: list[str] = field(metadata=dict(nargs="+"))
 
         args = ["--name", "Sam", "--friends", "pippin", "Frodo"]
         params = parse_args(Args, args)

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 
-envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311
+envlist = py39, py310, py311, py312, py313
 # isolated_build = True
 
 [testenv]