ansible_mitogen: Remove Python 2.4 and 2.5 backward compatibility fallbacks

Because ansible_mitogen >= 0.3 supports Ansible >= 2.10 and Ansible 2.10
requires supports Python >= 2.7 on controllers and Python >= 2.6 on targets
these are dead weight.

See
- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix
- tox.ini

ansible_mitogen/affinity.py

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ import multiprocessing
 import os
 import struct
 
-import mitogen.core
 import mitogen.parent
 
 
@@ -265,7 +264,7 @@ class LinuxPolicy(FixedPolicy):
         for x in range(16):
             chunks.append(struct.pack('<Q', mask & shiftmask))
             mask >>= 64
-        return mitogen.core.b('').join(chunks)
+        return b''.join(chunks)
 
     def _get_thread_ids(self):
         try:

ansible_mitogen/planner.py

@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ def read_file(path):
     finally:
         os.close(fd)
 
-    return mitogen.core.b('').join(bits)
+    return b''.join(bits)
 
 
 def _propagate_deps(invocation, planner, context):

ansible_mitogen/process.py

@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ import mitogen.utils
 import ansible
 import ansible.constants as C
 import ansible.errors
+
 import ansible_mitogen.logging
 import ansible_mitogen.services
-
-from mitogen.core import b
 import ansible_mitogen.affinity
 
 
@@ -639,7 +638,7 @@ class MuxProcess(object):
 
         try:
             # Let the parent know our listening socket is ready.
-            mitogen.core.io_op(self.model.child_sock.send, b('1'))
+            mitogen.core.io_op(self.model.child_sock.send, b'1')
             # Block until the socket is closed, which happens on parent exit.
             mitogen.core.io_op(self.model.child_sock.recv, 1)
         finally:

ansible_mitogen/runner.py

@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 import atexit
+import ctypes
 import json
+import logging
 import os
 import re
 import shlex
@@ -52,17 +54,8 @@ import types
 
 import mitogen.core
 import ansible_mitogen.target  # TODO: circular import
-from mitogen.core import b
-from mitogen.core import bytes_partition
-from mitogen.core import str_rpartition
 from mitogen.core import to_text
 
-try:
-    import ctypes
-except ImportError:
-    # Python 2.4
-    ctypes = None
-
 try:
     # Python >= 3.4, PEP 451 ModuleSpec API
     import importlib.machinery
@@ -82,9 +75,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from pipes import quote as shlex_quote
 
-# Absolute imports for <2.5.
-logging = __import__('logging')
-
 
 # Prevent accidental import of an Ansible module from hanging on stdin read.
 import ansible.module_utils.basic
@@ -95,13 +85,12 @@ ansible.module_utils.basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = '{}'
 # explicit call to res_init() on each task invocation. BSD-alikes export it
 # directly, Linux #defines it as "__res_init".
 libc__res_init = None
-if ctypes:
-    libc = ctypes.CDLL(None)
-    for symbol in 'res_init', '__res_init':
-        try:
-            libc__res_init = getattr(libc, symbol)
-        except AttributeError:
-            pass
+libc = ctypes.CDLL(None)
+for symbol in 'res_init', '__res_init':
+    try:
+        libc__res_init = getattr(libc, symbol)
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
 
 iteritems = getattr(dict, 'iteritems', dict.items)
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -217,13 +206,13 @@ class EnvironmentFileWatcher(object):
         for line in fp:
             # '   #export foo=some var  ' -> ['#export', 'foo=some var  ']
             bits = shlex_split_b(line)
-            if (not bits) or bits[0].startswith(b('#')):
+            if (not bits) or bits[0].startswith(b'#'):
                 continue
 
-            if bits[0] == b('export'):
+            if bits[0] == b'export':
                 bits.pop(0)
 
-            key, sep, value = bytes_partition(b(' ').join(bits), b('='))
+            key, sep, value = b' '.join(bits).partition(b'=')
             if key and sep:
                 yield key, value
 
@@ -596,7 +585,7 @@ class ModuleUtilsImporter(object):
             mod.__path__ = []
             mod.__package__ = str(fullname)
         else:
-            mod.__package__ = str(str_rpartition(to_text(fullname), '.')[0])
+            mod.__package__ = str(to_text(fullname).rpartition('.')[0])
         exec(code, mod.__dict__)
         self._loaded.add(fullname)
         return mod
@@ -819,7 +808,7 @@ class ScriptRunner(ProgramRunner):
         self.interpreter_fragment = interpreter_fragment
         self.is_python = is_python
 
-    b_ENCODING_STRING = b('# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-')
+    b_ENCODING_STRING = b'# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-'
 
     def _get_program(self):
         return self._rewrite_source(
@@ -852,13 +841,13 @@ class ScriptRunner(ProgramRunner):
         # While Ansible rewrites the #! using ansible_*_interpreter, it is
         # never actually used to execute the script, instead it is a shell
         # fragment consumed by shell/__init__.py::build_module_command().
-        new = [b('#!') + utf8(self.interpreter_fragment)]
+        new = [b'#!' + utf8(self.interpreter_fragment)]
         if self.is_python:
             new.append(self.b_ENCODING_STRING)
 
-        _, _, rest = bytes_partition(s, b('\n'))
+        _, _, rest = s.partition(b'\n')
         new.append(rest)
-        return b('\n').join(new)
+        return b'\n'.join(new)
 
 
 class NewStyleRunner(ScriptRunner):
@@ -971,8 +960,7 @@ class NewStyleRunner(ScriptRunner):
     # change the default encoding. This hack was removed from Ansible long ago,
     # but not before permeating into many third party modules.
     PREHISTORIC_HACK_RE = re.compile(
-        b(r'reload\s*\(\s*sys\s*\)\s*'
-          r'sys\s*\.\s*setdefaultencoding\([^)]+\)')
+        br'reload\s*\(\s*sys\s*\)\s*sys\s*\.\s*setdefaultencoding\([^)]+\)',
     )
 
     def _setup_program(self):
@@ -980,7 +968,7 @@ class NewStyleRunner(ScriptRunner):
             context=self.service_context,
             path=self.path,
         )
-        self.source = self.PREHISTORIC_HACK_RE.sub(b(''), source)
+        self.source = self.PREHISTORIC_HACK_RE.sub(b'', source)
 
     def _get_code(self):
         try:
@@ -998,7 +986,7 @@ class NewStyleRunner(ScriptRunner):
     if mitogen.core.PY3:
         main_module_name = '__main__'
     else:
-        main_module_name = b('__main__')
+        main_module_name = b'__main__'
 
     def _handle_magic_exception(self, mod, exc):
         """
@@ -1030,7 +1018,7 @@ class NewStyleRunner(ScriptRunner):
         approximation of the original package hierarchy, so that relative
         imports function correctly.
         """
-        pkg, sep, modname = str_rpartition(self.py_module_name, '.')
+        pkg, sep, _ = self.py_module_name.rpartition('.')
         if not sep:
             return None
         if mitogen.core.PY3:
@@ -1073,7 +1061,7 @@ class NewStyleRunner(ScriptRunner):
 
 
 class JsonArgsRunner(ScriptRunner):
-    JSON_ARGS = b('<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_JSON_ARGS>>')
+    JSON_ARGS = b'<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_JSON_ARGS>>'
 
     def _get_args_contents(self):
         return json.dumps(self.args).encode()

ansible_mitogen/target.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import errno
 import grp
 import json
+import logging
 import operator
 import os
 import pwd
@@ -51,26 +52,15 @@ import tempfile
 import traceback
 import types
 
-# Absolute imports for <2.5.
-logging = __import__('logging')
-
 import mitogen.core
 import mitogen.parent
 import mitogen.service
-from mitogen.core import b
-
 try:
     reduce
 except NameError:
     # Python 3.x.
     from functools import reduce
 
-try:
-    BaseException
-except NameError:
-    # Python 2.4
-    BaseException = Exception
-
 
 # Ansible since PR #41749 inserts "import __main__" into
 # ansible.module_utils.basic. Mitogen's importer will refuse such an import, so
@@ -615,8 +605,8 @@ def exec_args(args, in_data='', chdir=None, shell=None, emulate_tty=False):
     stdout, stderr = proc.communicate(in_data)
 
     if emulate_tty:
-        stdout = stdout.replace(b('\n'), b('\r\n'))
-    return proc.returncode, stdout, stderr or b('')
+        stdout = stdout.replace(b'\n', b'\r\n')
+    return proc.returncode, stdout, stderr or b''
 
 
 def exec_command(cmd, in_data='', chdir=None, shell=None, emulate_tty=False):

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Unreleased
 
 * :gh:issue:`1127` :mod:`mitogen`: Consolidate mitogen backward compatibility
   fallbacks and polyfills into :mod:`mitogen.core`
+* :gh:issue:`1127` :mod:`ansible_mitogen`: Remove backward compatibility
+  fallbacks for Python 2.4 & 2.5.
 
 
 v0.3.10 (2024-09-20)

tests/ansible/lib/modules/custom_python_detect_environment.py

@@ -11,17 +11,6 @@ import socket
 import sys
 
 
-try:
-    all
-except NameError:
-    # Python 2.4
-    def all(it):
-        for elem in it:
-            if not elem:
-                return False
-        return True
-
-
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec={})
     module.exit_json(

tox.ini

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 # ansible == 9.x     ansible-core ~= 2.16.0
 # ansible == 10.x    ansible-core ~= 2.17.0
 
+# See also
+# - https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix
+
 [tox]
 envlist =
     init,