Declare properties dictionary using cdef #97

Job	Run time
MSIS code validation (ubuntu-latest)	8s
MSIS code validation (macos-latest)	13s
XML validation	25s
C/C++ build (MSVC) (ON)	6m 16s
C/C++ build (MSVC) (OFF)	6m 56s
C/C++ build (MinGW32) (ON)	3m 50s
C/C++ build (MacOSX) (x86_64)	5m 30s
C/C++ build (MinGW32) (OFF)	4m 3s
C/C++ build (MacOSX) (arm64)	1m 54s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-22.04, ON, ON, OFF, ON)	6m 36s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-22.04, ON, OFF, OFF, ON)	4m 13s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-22.04, OFF, ON, OFF, ON)	3m 59s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-22.04, OFF, OFF, OFF, ON)	4m 8s
C/C++ build (Linux) (ubuntu-20.04, OFF, OFF, ON, OFF)	5m 3s
Build Python Module from Source	0s
Code coverage	0s
Build Python wheels	0s
Matlab S-Function	0s
Build Windows installer	0s
Deploy Rolling Release	0s
Deploy Stable Release	0s
Deploy Documentation	0s
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