Dataclass-wizard

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**Features and Improvements**

* This minor release drops support for Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8, all of which have reached End of Life (EOL). Check out the Python End of Life Cycle here_. Key changes resulting from this update include:
* Resolved pyup errors, previously flagged as "insecure" due to outdated package versions that lacked support for Python 3.8 or earlier.
* Update all requirements to latest versions.
* Cleaned up various TODO comments scattered throughout the codebase, as many were specific to older Python versions.
* Simplified and improved codebase for easier maintenance.
* Remove everything except the ``py.typed`` file (see comment_).
* Added `test case`_ to satisfy :issue:`89`.
* Added support for cyclic or "recursive" dataclasses, as first mentioned in :issue:`62` (special thanks to :user:`dlenski` for finalizing this in :pr:`138`!).

**Bugfixes**

* :issue:`62`: Cyclic or "recursive" dataclasses no longer raises a :class:`RecursionError`.
* Typing locals should now correctly key off the correct Python version, see the commit_ that addressed this.

.. _here: https://devguide.python.org/versions/#status-of-python-versions
.. _test case: https://github.com/rnag/dataclass-wizard/pull/139/commits/cf2e98cb75c75dc3e566ed0205637dbd4632e159
.. _comment: https://github.com/rnag/dataclass-wizard/pull/136#issuecomment-2466463153
.. _commit: https://github.com/rnag/dataclass-wizard/pull/139/commits/310a0c28690fdfdf15a386a427d1ea9aaf8898a1

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* Add ``py.typed`` marker, which finalizes :issue:`51`. Credits to :user:`stdedos` in :pr:`136`.

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* This will be the latest (minor) release with support for Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8 --
all of which have reached *end-of-life*!

**Features and Improvements**

* Add compatability and support for **Python 3.13**. Thanks to :user:`benjjs` in :pr:`129`!

**Bugfixes**

* Fix: :meth:`LiteralParser.__contains__` method compares value of item with `Literal`_ arguments.
Contributed by :user:`mikeweltevrede` in :pr:`111`.

.. _Literal: https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Literal

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**Features and Improvements**

* Add support for `pathlib.Path`_. Thanks to :user:`assafge` in :pr:`79`.

.. _pathlib.Path: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#basic-use

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* Resolve ``mypy`` typing issues. Thanks to :user:`AdiNar` in :pr:`64`.

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**Features and Improvements**

* :pr:`125`: add support for ``typing.Required``, ``NotRequired``

**Bugfixes**

* Fixed by :pr:`125`: Annotating ``TypedDict`` field with one of ``Required`` or ``NotRequired`` wrappers introduced in Python 3.11, no longer raises a ``TypeError``
-- credits to :user:`claui`.