Merge branch 'master' into feat/update-copyright-headers

Author: lahirumaramba

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', 'pypy3.9']
+        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', 'pypy3.9']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.8
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.9
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.9
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install setuptools wheel
         pip install tensorflow
         pip install keras
+        pip install build
 
     - name: Run unit tests
       run: pytest
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Build the Python Wheel and the source distribution.
     - name: Package release artifacts
-      run: python setup.py bdist_wheel sdist
+      run: python -m build
 
     # Attach the packaged artifacts to the workflow output. These can be manually
     # downloaded for later inspection if necessary.

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.9
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         pip install setuptools wheel
         pip install tensorflow
         pip install keras
+        pip install build
 
     - name: Run unit tests
       run: pytest
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Build the Python Wheel and the source distribution.
     - name: Package release artifacts
-      run: python setup.py bdist_wheel sdist
+      run: python -m build
 
     # Attach the packaged artifacts to the workflow output. These can be manually
     # downloaded for later inspection if necessary.

.pylintrc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[MASTER]
+[MAIN]
 
 # Specify a configuration file.
 #rcfile=
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ persistent=no
 
 # List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
 # usually to register additional checkers.
-load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams,pylint.extensions.docstyle
+load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams,
+             pylint.extensions.docstyle,
+             pylint.extensions.bad_builtin,
 
 # Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint.
 jobs=1
@@ -34,15 +36,6 @@ unsafe-load-any-extension=no
 # run arbitrary code
 extension-pkg-whitelist=
 
-# Allow optimization of some AST trees. This will activate a peephole AST
-# optimizer, which will apply various small optimizations. For instance, it can
-# be used to obtain the result of joining multiple strings with the addition
-# operator. Joining a lot of strings can lead to a maximum recursion error in
-# Pylint and this flag can prevent that. It has one side effect, the resulting
-# AST will be different than the one from reality. This option is deprecated
-# and it will be removed in Pylint 2.0.
-optimize-ast=no
-
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 
@@ -65,21 +58,31 @@ enable=indexing-exception,old-raise-syntax
 # --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
 # no Warning level messages displayed, use"--disable=all --enable=classes
 # --disable=W"
-disable=design,similarities,no-self-use,attribute-defined-outside-init,locally-disabled,star-args,pointless-except,bad-option-value,global-statement,fixme,suppressed-message,useless-suppression,locally-enabled,file-ignored,missing-type-doc
+disable=design,
+        similarities,
+        no-self-use,
+        attribute-defined-outside-init,
+        locally-disabled,
+        star-args,
+        pointless-except,
+        bad-option-value,
+        lobal-statement,
+        fixme,
+        suppressed-message,
+        useless-suppression,
+        locally-enabled,
+        file-ignored,
+        missing-type-doc,
+        c-extension-no-member,
 
 
 [REPORTS]
 
-# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, msvs
-# (visual studio) and html. You can also give a reporter class, eg
-# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
-output-format=text
-
-# Put messages in a separate file for each module / package specified on the
-# command line instead of printing them on stdout. Reports (if any) will be
-# written in a file name "pylint_global.[txt|html]". This option is deprecated
-# and it will be removed in Pylint 2.0.
-files-output=no
+# Set the output format. Available formats are: 'text', 'parseable',
+# 'colorized', 'json2' (improved json format), 'json' (old json format), msvs
+# (visual studio) and 'github' (GitHub actions). You can also give a reporter
+# class, e.g. mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
+output-format=colorized
 
 # Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages
 reports=no
@@ -176,9 +179,12 @@ logging-modules=logging
 good-names=main,_
 
 # Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma
-bad-names=
-
-bad-functions=input,apply,reduce
+bad-names=foo,
+          bar,
+          baz,
+          toto,
+          tutu,
+          tata
 
 # Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
 # the name regexes allow several styles.
@@ -194,64 +200,33 @@ property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
 # Regular expression matching correct function names
 function-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$
 
-# Naming hint for function names
-function-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct variable names
 variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
 
-# Naming hint for variable names
-variable-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct constant names
 const-rgx=^(_?[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*|__[a-z0-9_]+__|_?[a-z][a-z0-9_]*)$
 
-
-# Naming hint for constant names
-const-name-hint=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct attribute names
 attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
 
-# Naming hint for attribute names
-attr-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct argument names
 argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
 
-# Naming hint for argument names
-argument-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct class attribute names
 class-attribute-rgx=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
 
-# Naming hint for class attribute names
-class-attribute-name-hint=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names
 inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
 
-# Naming hint for inline iteration names
-inlinevar-name-hint=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct class names
 class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
 
-# Naming hint for class names
-class-name-hint=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct module names
 module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
 
-# Naming hint for module names
-module-name-hint=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct method names
 method-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$
 
-# Naming hint for method names
-method-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$
-
 # Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
 # not require a docstring.
 no-docstring-rgx=(__.*__|main)
@@ -294,12 +269,6 @@ ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
 # else.
 single-line-if-stmt=no
 
-# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled. `dict-
-# separator` is used to allow tabulation in dicts, etc.: {1  : 1,\n222: 2}.
-# `trailing-comma` allows a space between comma and closing bracket: (a, ).
-# `empty-line` allows space-only lines.
-no-space-check=trailing-comma,dict-separator
-
 # Maximum number of lines in a module
 max-module-lines=1000
 
@@ -405,6 +374,12 @@ exclude-protected=_asdict,_fields,_replace,_source,_make
 
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
-# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
-# "Exception"
-overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,builtins.Exception
+
+[DEPRECATED_BUILTINS]
+
+# List of builtins function names that should not be used, separated by a comma
+bad-functions=input,
+              apply,
+              reduce