chore: Deprecated Python 3.9 support (#74)

Pringled · web-flow · commit 47d442696cbf · 2025-12-30T12:14:53.000+01:00
* Deprecated Python 3.9 support

* Deprecated Python 3.9 support
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         exclude:
-          - os: windows-latest
-            python-version: "3.9"
           - os: windows-latest
             python-version: "3.11"
           - os: windows-latest
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "vicinity"
 description = "Lightweight Nearest Neighbors with Flexible Backends"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 dynamic = ["version"]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 authors = [{ name = "Stéphan Tulkens", email = "stephantul@gmail.com"}, {name = "Thomas van Dongen", email = "thomas123@live.nl"}]
 
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/__init__.py b/vicinity/backends/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from importlib.util import find_spec
-from typing import Union
 
 from vicinity.backends.base import AbstractBackend
 from vicinity.backends.basic import BasicBackend, BasicVectorStore
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ def _require(module_name: str, backend: Backend, extra: str) -> None:
         raise OptionalDependencyError(backend, extra)
 
 
-def get_backend_class(backend: Union[Backend, str]) -> type[AbstractBackend]:
+def get_backend_class(backend: Backend | str) -> type[AbstractBackend]:
     """Get the requested backend and ensure its dependencies are installed."""
     backend = Backend(backend)
 
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/annoy.py b/vicinity/backends/annoy.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
 from annoy import AnnoyIndex
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(
     def from_vectors(
         cls: type[AnnoyBackend],
         vectors: npt.NDArray,
-        metric: Union[str, Metric],
+        metric: str | Metric,
         trees: int,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> AnnoyBackend:
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/base.py b/vicinity/backends/base.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def dump(self, file: Path) -> None:
     @classmethod
     def load(cls: type[ArgType], file: Path) -> ArgType:
         """Load the arguments from a file."""
-        with open(file, "r") as f:
+        with open(file) as f:
             data = json.load(f)
             data["metric"] = Metric.from_string(data["metric"])
             return cls(**data)
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/basic.py b/vicinity/backends/basic.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import typing as npt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def _dist(self, x: npt.NDArray) -> npt.NDArray:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_vectors(cls, vectors: npt.NDArray, metric: Union[str, Metric] = "cosine", **kwargs: Any) -> BasicBackend:
+    def from_vectors(cls, vectors: npt.NDArray, metric: str | Metric = "cosine", **kwargs: Any) -> BasicBackend:
         """Create a new instance from vectors."""
         metric_enum = Metric.from_string(metric)
         if metric_enum not in cls.supported_metrics:
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/faiss.py b/vicinity/backends/faiss.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import Any
 
 import faiss
 from numpy import typing as npt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def from_vectors(  # noqa: C901
         cls: type[FaissBackend],
         vectors: npt.NDArray,
         index_type: str = "flat",
-        metric: Union[str, Metric] = "cosine",
+        metric: str | Metric = "cosine",
         nlist: int = 100,
         m: int = 8,
         nbits: int = 8,
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/hnsw.py b/vicinity/backends/hnsw.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import Any
 
 from hnswlib import Index as HnswIndex
 from numpy import typing as npt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def __init__(
     def from_vectors(
         cls: type[HNSWBackend],
         vectors: npt.NDArray,
-        metric: Union[str, Metric],
+        metric: str | Metric,
         ef_construction: int,
         m: int,
         **kwargs: Any,
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/pynndescent.py b/vicinity/backends/pynndescent.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import typing as npt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def from_vectors(
         cls: type[PyNNDescentBackend],
         vectors: npt.NDArray,
         n_neighbors: int = 15,
-        metric: Union[str, Metric] = "cosine",
+        metric: str | Metric = "cosine",
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> PyNNDescentBackend:
         """Create a new instance from vectors."""
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/usearch.py b/vicinity/backends/usearch.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import typing as npt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(
     def from_vectors(
         cls: type[UsearchBackend],
         vectors: npt.NDArray,
-        metric: Union[str, Metric] = "cos",
+        metric: str | Metric = "cos",
         connectivity: int = 16,
         expansion_add: int = 128,
         expansion_search: int = 64,
diff --git a/vicinity/backends/voyager.py b/vicinity/backends/voyager.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Union
+from typing import Any
 
 from numpy import typing as npt
 from voyager import Index, Space
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def __init__(
     def from_vectors(
         cls: type[VoyagerBackend],
         vectors: npt.NDArray,
-        metric: Union[str, Metric],
+        metric: str | Metric,
         ef_construction: int,
         m: int,
         **kwargs: Any,
diff --git a/vicinity/datatypes.py b/vicinity/datatypes.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Iterable, List, Tuple, Union
 
 from numpy import typing as npt
 
-PathLike = Union[str, Path]
-Matrix = Union[npt.NDArray, List[npt.NDArray]]
-SimilarityItem = List[Tuple[str, float]]
-SimilarityResult = List[SimilarityItem]
+PathLike = str | Path
+Matrix = npt.NDArray | list[npt.NDArray]
+SimilarityItem = list[tuple[str, float]]
+SimilarityResult = list[SimilarityItem]
 # Tuple of (indices, distances)
-SingleQueryResult = Tuple[npt.NDArray, npt.NDArray]
-QueryResult = List[SingleQueryResult]
+SingleQueryResult = tuple[npt.NDArray, npt.NDArray]
+QueryResult = list[SingleQueryResult]
 Tokens = Iterable[str]
 
 
diff --git a/vicinity/integrations/huggingface.py b/vicinity/integrations/huggingface.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def push_to_hub(
     token: str | None = None,
     private: bool = False,
     **kwargs: Any,
-) -> "CommitInfo":
+) -> CommitInfo:
     """
     Push the Vicinity instance to the Hugging Face Hub.
 
diff --git a/vicinity/utils.py b/vicinity/utils.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Union
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import typing as npt
 
 
-def normalize(vectors: npt.NDArray, norms: Union[npt.NDArray, None] = None) -> npt.NDArray:
+def normalize(vectors: npt.NDArray, norms: npt.NDArray | None = None) -> npt.NDArray:
     """
     Normalize a matrix of row vectors to unit length.
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ class Metric(Enum):
     TANIMOTO = "tanimoto"
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_string(cls, metric: Union[str, Metric]) -> Metric:
+    def from_string(cls, metric: str | Metric) -> Metric:
         """Convert a string or Metric enum to a Metric enum member."""
         if isinstance(metric, cls):
             return metric
diff --git a/vicinity/vicinity.py b/vicinity/vicinity.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
-from io import open
+from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
 from pathlib import Path
 from time import perf_counter
-from typing import Any, Iterable, Sequence, Type, Union
+from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
 import orjson
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         items: Sequence[Any],
         backend: AbstractBackend,
-        metadata: Union[dict[str, Any], None] = None,
+        metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
         vector_store: BasicVectorStore | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def push_to_hub(
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def load_from_hub(cls: Type[Vicinity], repo_id: str, token: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> Vicinity:
+    def load_from_hub(cls: type[Vicinity], repo_id: str, token: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> Vicinity:
         """
         Load a Vicinity instance from the Hugging Face Hub.
 
