feat!: drop python 3.7 support

The version '3.7' with architecture 'arm64' was not found for macOS 14.5

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
       PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Unreleased
 ----------
-* 
+* Drop Python 3.7 support.
 
 v0.55.14
 --------

README.rst

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The purpose is to allow users easily extract and/or manipulate templates, templa
 Installation
 ============
 
-- Python 3.7+ is required
+- Python 3.8+ is required
 - ``pip install wikitextparser``
 
 Usage

pyproject.toml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
     "Topic :: Text Processing",
 ]
-requires-python = ">= 3.7"
+requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "regex >= 2022.9.11",
     "wcwidth",

wikitextparser/_wikitext.py

@@ -432,10 +432,7 @@ def insert(self, index: int, string: str) -> None:
     @property
     def span(self) -> tuple:
         """Return the span of self relative to the start of the root node."""
-        # In Python 3.7 and earlier, generalized iterable unpacking in yield
-        # and return statements requires enclosing parentheses:
-        # https://docs.python.org/3.8/whatsnew/3.8.html#other-language-changes
-        return (*self._span_data[:2],)  # noqa
+        return (*self._span_data[:2],)
 
     @property
     def string(self) -> str: