Comtypes

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* Remove Python 3.7 and add Python 3.13 to the CI pipelines. By junkmd.
* Add constant definitions to ``shelllink``. By junkmd.
* Add more tests to ``test_stream``. By junkmd.
* Add the ``void_type`` definition to ``tlbparser``. By junkmd.
* Modernize ``tools.tlbparser.get_tlib_filename``. By junkmd.
* Extract the methods for parsing externals and dual interfaces from ``Parser.parse_typeinfo``. By junkmd.
* Fix type annotations referenced by ``tlbparser``. By junkmd.
* Modernize ``codegenerator.namespaces``. By junkmd.
* Improve static typing for ``CoGetClassObject`` and ``GetClassObject``. By junkmd.
* Refactor the ``__new__`` methods of ``_cominterface_meta`` and ``_coclass_meta``. By junkmd.
* Prevent errors caused by defining members with the same name within an enum type. By junkmd.
* Remove remaining ``__cmp__`` methods. By newwingbird.
* Remove remaining ``from __future__ import print_function`` lines. By newwingbird.
* Prevent ``itf`` to be an unbound variable in ``_cominterface_meta.__get_baseinterface_methodcount``. By newwingbird.
* Modify the metaclasses to ensure compatibility with Python 3.13 and earlier versions. By junkmd.

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* Improve ``_CArrayType`` alias import. By junkmd.
* Rename ``_byref_type`` and ``_carg_obj`` to ``_CArgObject``. By junkmd.
* Fix typos and make the wording more natural in ``README.md``. By umarbutler.
* Modernize ``BSTR`` definition. By junkmd.
* Modernize ``tagDEC`` definition. By junkmd.
* Remove methods with mangling names in ``typeinfo``. By junkmd.
* Rename ``test_istream`` to ``test_stream``. By junkmd.
* Add ``test_msvidctl``. By junkmd.
* Add ``test_storage``. By junkmd.
* Add ``test_monikers``. By junkmd.
* Add ``test_shelllink``. By junkmd.
* Add ``test_persist``. By junkmd.
* Modernize ``persist``. By junkmd.
* Add type annotations to ``shelllink``. By junkmd.
* Bump ``python_requires`` to ``>=3.8`` in ``setup.cfg``. By junkmd.

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* Add tests and method annotations for ``IRecordInfo``. By junkmd.
* Improve static typings in ``automation``. By junkmd.
* Tidy up import part in some modules. By junkmd.
* Refer to ``Any`` and ``Tuple`` from the ``hints`` stub instead of directly importing them in generated modules. By junkmd.
* Modernize ``GUID.py``. By junkmd.
* Improve ``codegenerator.modulenamer`` static typing. By junkmd.
* Avoid using keywords in ``TYPE_CHECKING`` blocks. By junkmd.
* Improve member defining parts of ``ParseInterface`` and ``ParseDispatch``. By junkmd.
* Fix Annoying SyntaxWarning. By v01d-gh.

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* Split ``__init__.py`` into some modules. By junkmd.
* Fix importing ``_DispMemberSpec`` in ``automation``. By junkmd.
* Fix importing ``_encode_idl`` in ``_comobject``. By junkmd.
* Change the name of the component that implements the interface for record parameter testing. By geppi.
* Implement ``SAFEARRAY`` pointers and ``SAFEARRAY``s as method parameters of a Dispatch Interface. By geppi.
* Change the default value of the ``extra`` parameter in the ``create`` method of ``tagSAFEARRAY`` subtypes. By geppi.
* Implement static import for ``ISequentialStream``. By jonschz.
* Modernize ``test_wmi``. By junkmd.
* Add static typing for ``_midlSAFEARRAY``. By junkmd.

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* Stop mentioning the last version supporting Windows CE in ``README.md``. By forderud.
* Declare the minimum Python version as 3.7. By jaraco.
* Move package configuration to declarative config. By jaraco.

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* Refactor ``test_findgendir``. By junkmd.
* Update ``test_GUID``. By junkmd.
* Add a feature to ``typeannotator`` that interprets the return value. By junkmd.
* Update type annotations for ``_IUnknown_Base`` and ``IUnknown``. By junkmd.
* Add ``groupby_impltypeflags``. By junkmd.
* Add static typing for when a ``CoClass`` is assigned as the return value type. By junkmd.
* Improve ``EnumerationNamespaces`` and ``CodeGenerator.enum_aliases``. By junkmd.
* Modernize constructor arguments and attributes of each stuff in ``typedesc``. By junkmd.
* Split ``codegenerator`` into some modules in the sub-package directory. By junkmd.
* Implement record pointers as method parameters of a Dispatch Interface. By geppi.
* Add ``npsupport`` to CI pipeline matrix. By junkmd.
* Add "Frequently Asked Questions" to ``README.md``. By junkmd.