Hl7

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* Better support for :py:class:`HL7StreamProtocol` in Python 3.7, which lacks
`_reject_connection`

Thanks `Joseph Wortmann <https://github.com/joseph-wortmann>`_!

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* Dropped support for Python 3.5 & 3.6. Python 3.7 - 3.10 now supported.
* Ensure :py:func:`hl7.parse_hl7` allows legitimate occurrences of "MSH" inside
the message contents

Thanks `Andrew Wason <https://github.com/rectalogic>`_!

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* Added support for :py:class:`hl7.Batch` and :py:class:`hl7.File`, via
:py:func:`hl7.parse_hl7` or the more specific :py:func:`hl7.parse_batch`
and :py:func:`parse_file`.

Thanks `Joseph Wortmann <https://github.com/joseph-wortmann>`_!

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* Experimental asyncio-based HL7 MLLP support. :doc:`mllp`, via
:py:func:`hl7.mllp.open_hl7_connection` and
:py:func:`hl7.mllp.start_hl7_server`

Thanks `Joseph Wortmann <https://github.com/joseph-wortmann>`_!


.. _changelog-0-4-0:

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* Message now ends with trailing carriage return, to be consistent with Message
Construction Rules (Section 2.6, v2.8). [`python-hl726 <https://github.com/johnpaulett/python-hl7/issues/26>`]
* Handle ASCII characters within :py:meth:`hl7.Message.escape` under Python 3.
* Don't escape MSH-2 so that the control characters are retrievable. [`python-hl727 <https://github.com/johnpaulett/python-hl7/issues/27>`]
* Add MSH-9.1.3 to create_ack.
* Dropped support for Python 2.7, 3.3, & 3.4. Python 3.5 - 3.8 now supported.
* Converted code style to use black.

Thanks `Lucas Kahlert <https://github.com/f3anaro>`_ &
`Joseph Wortmann <https://github.com/joseph-wortmann>`_!

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* Handle ASCII characters within :py:meth:`hl7.Message.escape` under Python 3.

Thanks `Lucas Kahlert <https://github.com/f3anaro>`_!