Use types from typing to support python 3.8

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ variables:
 cache:
     paths:
         - .cache/pip
-        - venv/
 
 stages:
     - test
@@ -31,6 +30,36 @@ secret_detection:
     - source venv/bin/activate
     - pip install "."
 
+pyright:
+    stage: static analysis
+    needs: [flake8]
+    before_script:
+        - *python
+        - pip install pyright
+    script:
+        - pyright src/ --outputjson > report_raw.json
+    after_script:
+        - cat report_raw.json
+    artifacts:
+        paths:
+            - report_raw.json
+
+code-quality:
+    stage: static analysis
+    needs:
+        - job: pyright
+          artifacts: true
+    image: node:21
+    before_script:
+        - npm i -g pyright-to-gitlab-ci
+    script:
+        - pyright-to-gitlab-ci --src report_raw.json --output report.json --base_path .
+    artifacts:
+        paths:
+            - report.json
+        reports:
+            codequality: report.json
+
 pylint:
     stage: static analysis
     script:
@@ -63,22 +92,6 @@ mypy:
         - mypy src/scientific_plots
         - mypy src/
 
-pyright:
-    stage: static analysis
-    needs: [flake8]
-    image: node:21
-    before_script:
-        - npm i -g pyright
-        - npm i -g pyright-to-gitlab-ci
-    script:
-        - pyright src/ --outputjson > report_raw.json || true
-        - cat report_raw.json
-        - pyright-to-gitlab-ci --src report_raw.json --output report.json --base_path .
-    artifacts:
-        paths:
-            - report.json
-        reports:
-            codequality: report.json
 
 python-tests:
     stage: testing

src/scientific_plots/utilities.py

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 from sys import __stdout__
 from os import mkdir
 from os.path import dirname, exists
-from typing import Iterable, Optional, List, Callable, TypeVar, Union, Any
+from typing import (
+    Iterable, Optional, List, Callable, TypeVar, Union, Any, Tuple)
 from pathlib import Path
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
@@ -84,10 +85,10 @@ def filter_function(x: str) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
-def filter_argv(X: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+def filter_argv(X: List[str]) -> List[str]:
     """removes unessecery entries from
     argv which have been generated by abaqus"""
-    Y: list[str] = list(X)
+    Y: List[str] = list(X)
     for i, x in enumerate(X):
         if not filter_function(x):
             del Y[i]
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ def filter_argv(X: list[str]) -> list[str]:
     return Y
 
 
-def dumb_plot(X: list[float], Y: list[float],
+def dumb_plot(X: List[float], Y: List[float],
               title: str = "title", log: bool = False) -> None:
     """plot X and Y using dumb gnuplot"""
     try:
@@ -124,12 +125,12 @@ def dumb_plot(X: list[float], Y: list[float],
 
 def read_file(filename: Union[str, Path],
               header: int = 0,
-              type_: type = float) -> tuple[list[float], ...]:
+              type_: type = float) -> Tuple[List[float], ...]:
     """read a file with given filename into
     a python-tuple. Skip n='header' lines in the beginning
     of the document"""
     # reads a given file and returns lists
-    lists: list[list[float]] = []
+    lists: List[List[float]] = []
     with open(filename, "r", encoding="utf-8") as input_file:
         for i, line in enumerate(input_file):
             if i < header: