4.3.0

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In this release, we've raised the minimum Python version to 3.8, added several new features to the API and as always plenty of bug fixes and interface improvements.

Breaking Changes

• Raise Minimum Python Version to 3.8 (Raise Minimum Python Version to 3.8 #1597)
• Do not stop notifier if exception was handled (Do not stop notifier if exception was handled #1645)

Bug Fixes

• Vector: channel detection fails, if there is an active flexray channel (Fix Vector channel detection #1634)
• ixxat: Fix exception in 'state' property on bus coupling errors (ixxat: Fix exception in 'state' property on bus coupling errors #1647)
• NeoVi: Fixed serial number range (Fixed serial number range #1650)
• PCAN: Fix timestamp offset due to timezone (Fix PCAN timestamp #1651)
• Catch pywintypes.error in broadcast manager (Catch pywintypes.error in broadcast manager #1659)
• Fix BLFReader error for incomplete or truncated stream (bugfix issue #1661  #1662)
• PCAN: remove Windows registry check to fix 32bit compatibility (PCAN: remove Windows registry check #1672)
• Vector: Skip the can_op_mode check if the device reports can_op_mode=0 (skip the can_op_mode check if the device reports can_op_mode=0 #1678)
• Vector: using the config from detect_available_configs might raise XL_ERR_INVALID_CHANNEL_MASK error (Vector: use global channel_index if provided #1681)

Features

API

• Add modifier_callback parameter to BusABC.send_periodic for auto-modifying cyclic tasks (Add auto-modifying cyclic tasks #703)
• Add protocol property to BusABC to determine active CAN Protocol (Add protocol property to BusABC to determine active CAN Protocol #1532)
• Change Bus constructor implementation and typing (Improve can.Bus typing #1557)
• Add optional strict parameter to relax BitTiming & BitTimingFd Validation (Relax BitTiming & BitTimingFd Validation #1618)
• Add BitTiming.iterate_from_sample_point static methods (add the possibility to return all the possible solutions using the from_sample_point static methods #1671)

IO

• Can Player compatibility with interfaces that use additional configuration (Can Player compatibility with interfaces that use additional configuration #1610)

Interface Improvements

• Kvaser: Add BitTiming/BitTimingFd support to KvaserBus (Add BitTiming/BitTimingFd support to KvaserBus #1510)
• Ixxat: Implement detect_available_configs for the Ixxat bus. (Implement _detect_available_configs for the Ixxat bus. #1607)
• NeoVi: Enable send and receive on network ID above 255 (Support for network ID above 255 #1627)
• Vector: Send HighPriority Message to flush Tx buffer (Refactor flush_tx_queue for VectorBus #1636)
• PCAN: Optimize send performance (Change python implementation to increase speed in pcan send #1640)
• PCAN: Support version string of older PCAN basic API (Support version string of older PCAN basic API #1644)
• Kvaser: add parameter exclusive and override_exclusive (* For interface Kvaser, add parameter exclusive #1660)
• socketcand: Add parameter tcp_tune to reduce latency (Configure TCP socket to reduce latency #1683)

Miscellaneous

• Distinguish Text/Binary-IO for Reader/Writer classes. (can.io: Add preferred mode for opening files to Reader/Writer classes. #1585)
• Convert setup.py to pyproject.toml (Convert setup.py to pyproject.toml #1592)
• activate ruff pycodestyle checks (Activate ruff pycodestyle checks #1602)
• Update linter instructions in development.rst (Update linter instructions in development.rst #1603)
• remove unnecessary script files (Remove script files #1604)
• BigEndian test fixes (BigEndian test fixes #1625)
• align ID: in can.Message string (Align ID: in message string #1635)
• Use same configuration file as Linux on macOS (Use same configuration file as Linux on macOS #1657)
• We do not need to account for drift when we USE_WINDOWS_EVENTS (We do not need to account for drift when we USE_WINDOWS_EVENTS #1666, Allow RestartableCyclicTaskABC using Windows events to restart #1679)
• Update linters, activate more ruff rules (Update linters, activate more ruff rules #1669)
• Add Python 3.12 Support / Test Python 3.12 (Test python 3.12 #1673)

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