Drop Python 3.8

Author: gartens

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12'] # TODO: When dropping 3.8, adjust type hints for polypheny.connect
+        version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     needs: build-polypheny

polypheny/__init__.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from polypheny.exceptions import *
 
 import datetime
-from typing import Union, Tuple
+from typing import Union
 
 # See https://peps.python.org/pep-0249/#globals
 apilevel = '2.0'
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def Binary(string):
 # ROWID = 5
 
 
-# TODO: Change Tuple to tuple when Python 3.8 is no longer supported
-def connect(address: Union[Tuple[str, int], str] = None, *, username: str = None, password: str = None,
+
+def connect(address: Union[tuple[str, int], str] = None, *, username: str = None, password: str = None,
             transport: str = None, **kwargs) -> Connection:
     """
     Connect to a Polypheny instance with the given parameters.  When