so as not to enforce type checking on user's other projects.

Improvements

• Reader(shp=, dbf=, shx=) now support pathlib.Paths, and any pathlike object (@mwtoews).

Bug fixes

• PyShp 3 no longer modifies the global doctest module (@JamesParrott).

Code quality

• isort replaced by Ruff check's I rule (@mwtoews).
• mypy --strict used in CI (@JamesParrott).
• LICENSE.TXT re-encoded in UTF-8 (@musicinmybrain).

Contributors

• @mwtoews
• @musicinmybrain
• @JamesParrott

What's Changed

• Add speed_test.py and .yml by @JamesParrott in #336
• Add Writer speed tests by @JamesParrott in #338
• Combine f.write(pack( "<d"etc., )) calls by @JamesParrott in #341

Full Changelog: 2.4.0...2.4.1

Contributors

• @JamesParrott

What's Changed

• Fix PyShp's CI, dropping actions/setup-python, running build.yml Action in Python Docker containers. by @JamesParrott in #267
• Add spatial filtering for single points by @lgolston in #259
• SyntaxWarning for identity checks in test_shapefile by @lgolston in #260
• Fix recursion error when copying Record with deepcopy() by @midichef in #257
• Added uppercase file extension compatibility for zip files by @bva-bme in #250
• Run on workflow_dispatch (after manual trigger) by @JamesParrott in #271
• *.py: Remove trailing empty spaces. by @schwehr in #279
• changelog.txt: strip trailing spaces and keep as dos formatted file. by @schwehr in #280
• build.yml: Allow all pushes to run the workflow. by @schwehr in #277
• build.yml: Change python-versions to leave off patch version. by @schwehr in #282
• README.md and changelog.txt: codespell by @schwehr in #283
• Initial sorting of imports. by @schwehr in #296
• Refactor workflows to support testing before deployment, and testing on Windows and MacOS. by @JamesParrott in #300
• Run Pylint
• Add ruff format hook to pre-commit config
• Combine iter records range into iter records based on work by @lguez in #310

New Contributors

• @lguez made their first contribution in #310
• @lgolston made their first contribution in #259
• @midichef made their first contribution in #257
• @bva-bme made their first contribution in #250
• @schwehr made their first contribution in #279

Full Changelog: 2.3.1...2.4.0

Contributors

• @schwehr
• @lguez
• @lgolston
• @bva-bme
• @midichef
• @JamesParrott

Bug fixes:

• Fix recently introduced issue where Reader/Writer closes file-like objects provided by user (#244)

New Features:

• Added support for pathlib and path-like shapefile filepaths (@mwtoews).
• Allow reading individual file extensions via filepaths.

Improvements:

• Simplified setup and deployment (@mwtoews)
• Faster shape access when missing shx file
• Switch to named logger (see #240)

Bug fixes:

• More robust handling of corrupt shapefiles (fixes #235)
• Fix errors when writing to individual file-handles (fixes #237)
• Revert previous decision to enforce geojson output ring orientation (detailed explanation at SciTools/cartopy#2012)
• Fix test issues in environments without network access (@sebastic, @musicinmybrain).

Contributors

• @mwtoews
• @sebastic
• @musicinmybrain