Drop support for Python 3.8

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [macOS-14, windows-2022, ubuntu-22.04]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:

.github/workflows/wheels.yml

@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           output-dir: wheelhouse
         env:
-          CIBW_BUILD: "{cp38,cp39,cp310,cp311,cp312,cp313}-${{ matrix.build }}*"
-          CIBW_SKIP: cp38-win_arm64
+          CIBW_BUILD: "{cp39,cp310,cp311,cp312,cp313}-${{ matrix.build }}*"
           CIBW_ARCHS: ${{ matrix.archs }}
           CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND: "build"
           CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: "pytest"
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "pytest {project}"
-          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "*-win_arm64 cp38-macosx_*:arm64"
+          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "*-win_arm64"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: Wheel-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.build }}${{ matrix.archs }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ since version 3.0.0.
 - Improve the performance of `hash128()`, `hash64()`, and `hash_bytes()`
   by using METH_FASTCALL, reducing the overhead of function calls.
 
+### Removed
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.8, as it has reached the end of life on 2024-10-07.
+
 ## [5.0.1] - 2024-09-22
 
 ### Fixed

pyproject.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description = "Python extension for MurmurHash (MurmurHash3), a set of fast and
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 keywords = ["utility", "hash", "MurmurHash"]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [
   {name = "Hajime Senuma", email="[email protected]"}
 ]
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",

src/mmh3/__init__.pyi

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# to use list, tuple, dict ... in Python 3.7 and 3.8
-from __future__ import annotations
-
 import sys
 from typing import Any, Union, final
 

util/refresh.py

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring
 """A script to generate Murmurhash3 C files from the original C++ source."""
 
-from __future__ import annotations
-
 import os
 import re
 import textwrap
@@ -656,9 +654,11 @@ def lowercase_function_names(subcode: str) -> str:
     new_header_path = os.path.join(dir_path, "../src/mmh3", NEW_HEADER_NAME)
     file_header_path = os.path.join(dir_path, FILE_HEADER_NAME)
 
-    with open(original_source_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as source_file, open(
-        original_header_path, "r", encoding="utf-8"
-    ) as header_file, open(file_header_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file_header_file:
+    with (
+        open(original_source_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as source_file,
+        open(original_header_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as header_file,
+        open(file_header_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file_header_file,
+    ):
         source = MMH3Source(source_file.read())
         header = MMH3Header(header_file.read())
         file_header = file_header_file.read()