Fix linter by using recent Python version

.github/workflows/code.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.7"
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install Python Dependencies
         run: pip install flake8

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: "Docs CI"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Source

setup.cfg

@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ dev =
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 80
 extend-ignore =
-    F401 F403 F405  # Allow from module import *
-    E251  # Allow call(param = value)
-    E301 E302 E303 E305 # Allow any number of blank lines
+    # Allow from module import *
+    F401 F403 F405
+    # Allow call(param = value)
+    E251
+    # Allow any number of blank lines
+    E301 E302 E303 E305
 
 [tool:pytest]
 # Run pytest with all our checkers, and don't spam us with massive tracebacks on error

softioc/builder.py

@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ def ClearRecords():
 
 SetSimpleRecordNames(None, ':')
 
-SetDeviceName = SetPrefix
 def SetDeviceName(name):
     SetPrefix(name)
 

tests/test_record_values.py

@@ -294,15 +294,15 @@ def record_value_asserts(
     # This function is shared between functions that may pass in either a
     # native Python type, or the value returned from p4p, which must be
     # unwrapped
-    if type(actual_value) == p4p.nt.enum.ntenum:
+    if type(actual_value) is p4p.nt.enum.ntenum:
         actual_val_type = type(actual_value.raw["value"].get("index"))
     elif isinstance(actual_value, p4p.nt.scalar.ntwrappercommon):
         actual_val_type = type(actual_value.raw["value"])
     else:
         actual_val_type = type(actual_value)
 
     try:
-        if type(expected_value) == float and isnan(expected_value):
+        if type(expected_value) is float and isnan(expected_value):
             assert isnan(actual_value)  # NaN != Nan, so needs special case
         elif creation_func in [builder.WaveformOut, builder.WaveformIn]:
             assert numpy.array_equal(actual_value, expected_value)