merging v0.8.0 branch

- finally using libxml2 parser in beautifulsoup/lxml
- minor bug in parsing the CCC field (qrz.com)
- fixed VK9XX fixture (lat/long)
- added support for python 3.10 and 3.11, pypy3.7-3.9
- removed support for python 3.4
- fixed escapings in regular expressions
- replaced exefile from past.buildins with custom function

test/execfile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# In Python3 the function 'execfile' has been deprecated. The alternative is 'exec'.
+# While the package 'past.builtins' provide a python2 / python3 compatible version of 'execfile', 
+# the import of 'past.builtins' keeps on throwing a deprecation warning about 'imp'.
+# Therefore the version of 'execfile' from 'past/builtins' has been replaced by this alternative
+# version, found on: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41658338/2292376
+
+# When support of Python2 is finally dropped, this function can be removed
+
+def execfile(filepath, globals=None, locals=None):
+    if globals is None:
+        globals = {}
+    globals.update({
+        "__file__": filepath,
+        "__name__": "__main__",
+    })
+    with open(filepath, 'rb') as file:
+        exec(compile(file.read(), filepath, 'exec'), globals, locals)

test/test_eqsl.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from past.builtins import execfile
+from .execfile import execfile
 import os
 import sys
 import datetime

test/test_lookuplib_clublogxml.py

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ response_Exception_VK9XX_with_end_date = {
            'adif': 35,
            'country': u'CHRISTMAS ISLAND',
            'continent': u'OC',
-           'latitude': -10.44,
-           'longitude': 105.71,
+           'latitude': -10.52,
+           'longitude': 105.54,
            'cqz': 29,
         }
 

test/test_lotw.py

@@ -2,10 +2,21 @@ import os
 import sys
 import datetime
 
-from past.builtins import execfile
+from .execfile import execfile
 from future.utils import iteritems
 import pytest
 
+def execfile(filepath, globals=None, locals=None):
+    if globals is None:
+        globals = {}
+    globals.update({
+        "__file__": filepath,
+        "__name__": "__main__",
+    })
+    with open(filepath, 'rb') as file:
+        exec(compile(file.read(), filepath, 'exec'), globals, locals)
+
+
 from pyhamtools.qsl import get_lotw_users
 
 if sys.version_info.major == 3: