dropped support for python 3.8, keeping current, linting and testing cleanups

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Pylintpython3 (reported by Codacy) found more than 20 potential problems in the proposed changes. Check the Files changed tab for more details.

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Pylint (reported by Codacy) found more than 20 potential problems in the proposed changes. Check the Files changed tab for more details.

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Coverage summary from Codacy

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Coverage variation	Diff coverage
✅ +0.02%	✅ 100.00%

Coverage variation details

	Coverable lines	Covered lines	Coverage
Common ancestor commit (d87d760)	807	755	93.56%
Head commit (7350528)	1618 (+811)	1514 (+759)	93.57% (+0.02%)

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Diff coverage details

	Coverable lines	Covered lines	Diff coverage
Pull request (#61)	11	11	100.00%

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 93.57%. Comparing base (d87d760) to head (7350528).

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##           master      #61      +/-   ##
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+ Coverage   93.55%   93.57%   +0.01%     
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  Files           9        9              
  Lines         807      809       +2     
==========================================
+ Hits          755      757       +2     
  Misses         52       52              

Flag	Coverage Δ
pytest	93.57% <100.00%> (+0.01%)	⬆️

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