Provide type annotations

[Gobot1234]

Would you be open adding type annotations (in the form of .pyi files) to this project? I have them pretty much ready to go if you want

[buffer]

First of all sorry for the late reply. I am totally open to that so please feel free to share/open a PR. Thanks!

[Gobot1234]

This might have to wait till I can compile a mac arm version on my machine cause I don't particularly fancy tangling with c++ right now.

[buffer]

No rush at all. Thanks for taking care of it. Really appreciate

[devm18426]

Hi @buffer, me again.

I'd be interested in picking this up since it doesn't seem like too much work.
There's one small thing to consult with you about. Type hints have improved gradually over the lifespan of Python 3. Initially supported exclusively through the typing package, then becoming slightly more native in 3.7 with the annotations future feature and finally reaching their current and most native state in 3.9 with the full inclusion of the annotations feature.
Looking at setup.py it seems that this package supports a minimum Python version of 3.6, which means none of the newer type hint features. It would be nice to fully take advantage of the annotations feature with 3.9 however 3.7 could also do.
I propose raising the minimum supported Python version to at least 3.9 for this reason and 2 more:

• 3.6 and 3.7 are already at end-of-life (source].
• Using pip installation statistics this guy is able to approximate the popularity/adoption of Python versions. As of now it would appear that 3.7 has overtaken 3.6 by far and 3.8 seems to be tied with 3.7, with 3.9 not that far behind.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

[buffer]

Hey @devm18426,
glad you want to step in! Totally agree with you. There is no reason nowadays to still support Python versions 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 so I am going to drop them soon. I will take care of updating the setup file and the workflows in the next hours.

Thanks!

UPDATE: Just dropped Python versions 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 support