Require Python 3.7.2

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
     outputs:
       python-key: ${{ steps.generate-python-key.outputs.key }}
     steps:
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10"]
     steps:
       - name: Set temp directory
         run: echo "TEMP=$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Temp" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["pypy-3.6", "pypy-3.7", "pypy-3.8"]
+        python-version: ["pypy-3.7", "pypy-3.8"]
     steps:
       - name: Check out code from GitHub
         uses: actions/checkout@v3.0.2

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
         exclude: tests/testdata
-        args: [--py36-plus]
+        args: [--py37-plus]
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 5.10.1
     hooks:

ChangeLog

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ What's New in astroid 2.12.0?
 =============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+* ``astroid`` now requires Python 3.7.2 to run.
+
 * Fix ``re`` brain on Python ``3.11``. The flags now come from ``re._compile``.
 
 * Build ``nodes.Module`` for frozen modules which have location information in their

astroid/const.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import enum
 import sys
 
-PY36 = sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 6)
 PY38 = sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 8)
 PY37_PLUS = sys.version_info >= (3, 7)
 PY38_PLUS = sys.version_info >= (3, 8)

astroid/rebuilder.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import ast
 import sys
 import token
-import tokenize
 from io import StringIO
 from tokenize import TokenInfo, generate_tokens
 from typing import (
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
 
 from astroid import nodes
 from astroid._ast import ParserModule, get_parser_module, parse_function_type_comment
-from astroid.const import IS_PYPY, PY36, PY38, PY38_PLUS, PY39_PLUS, Context
+from astroid.const import IS_PYPY, PY38, PY38_PLUS, PY39_PLUS, Context
 from astroid.manager import AstroidManager
 from astroid.nodes import NodeNG
 from astroid.nodes.utils import Position
@@ -148,12 +147,6 @@ def _get_position_info(
         keyword_tokens: Tuple[int, ...] = (token.NAME,)
         if isinstance(parent, nodes.AsyncFunctionDef):
             search_token = "async"
-            if PY36:
-                # In Python 3.6, the token type for 'async' was 'ASYNC'
-                # In Python 3.7, the type was changed to 'NAME' and 'ASYNC' removed
-                # Python 3.8 added it back. However, if we use it unconditionally
-                # we would break 3.7.
-                keyword_tokens = (token.NAME, token.ASYNC)
         elif isinstance(parent, nodes.FunctionDef):
             search_token = "def"
         else:
@@ -200,12 +193,7 @@ def _fix_doc_node_position(self, node: NodesWithDocsType) -> None:
 
         found_start, found_end = False, False
         open_brackets = 0
-        skip_token: Set[int] = {token.NEWLINE, token.INDENT}
-        if PY36:
-            skip_token.update((tokenize.NL, tokenize.COMMENT))
-        else:
-            # token.NL and token.COMMENT were added in 3.7
-            skip_token.update((token.NL, token.COMMENT))
+        skip_token: Set[int] = {token.NEWLINE, token.INDENT, token.NL, token.COMMENT}
 
         if isinstance(node, nodes.Module):
             found_end = True
@@ -1294,10 +1282,6 @@ def _visit_functiondef(
             position=self._get_position_info(node, newnode),
             doc_node=self.visit(doc_ast_node, newnode),
         )
-        if IS_PYPY and PY36 and newnode.position:
-            # PyPy: col_offset in Python 3.6 doesn't include 'async',
-            # use position.col_offset instead.
-            newnode.col_offset = newnode.position.col_offset
         self._fix_doc_node_position(newnode)
         self._global_names.pop()
         return newnode

pylintrc

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ unsafe-load-any-extension=no
 extension-pkg-whitelist=
 
 # Minimum supported python version
-py-version = 3.6.2
+py-version = 3.7.2
 
 
 [REPORTS]

setup.cfg

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ install_requires =
     setuptools>=20.0
     typed-ast>=1.4.0,<2.0;implementation_name=="cpython" and python_version<"3.8"
     typing-extensions>=3.10;python_version<"3.10"
-python_requires = >=3.6.2
+python_requires = >=3.7.2
 
 [options.packages.find]
 include =