v0.3.0

Major Features & Changes

• Completely refactored type casting:
  • Introduced a new gedcom7.cast module for robustly casting string values to appropriate data types, including support for booleans, integers, lists, personal names, dates, times, media types, and more.
  • The parser now attaches a typed .value attribute to each GedcomStructure, making downstream data handling easier and less error-prone.
• Rewritten core data types:
  • Switched from custom class-based data types to Python @dataclass types in gedcom7.types, simplifying usages and improving typing.
  • Simplified and modernized the type system with clear type aliases and unions.
• Parser improvements:
  • The main parsing routine (gedcom7.parser.loads) now uses the new type casting, returning trees with typed values.
• Utility additions:
  • Added gedcom7.util module with utility functions to:
    • Convert GEDCOM dates/times to Python datetime.date and datetime.time objects.
    • Retrieve children by tag from a GedcomStructure.

Standards & Compatibility

• Updated to latest GEDCOM 7 specification:
  • Grammar and constants (gedcom7.grammar, gedcom7.const) updated for full compliance.
  • Added month constants for easier date handling.
• Expanded Python support:
  • CI now tests on Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13.
  • Added static type checking (mypy) to the CI.

Testing

• Extensive new tests:
  • Added test/test_cast.py for comprehensive coverage of the new type casting logic.
  • Added test/test_util.py for utility function tests.
  • Removed legacy tests for old type classes.

Other

• Project URLs and metadata:
  • Added project URL to setup.cfg.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Various grammar and code cleanups for maintainability.

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