Standardise record value setting/getting (#60)

Overhaul record value setting/getting, and introduce new longStringIn/longStringOut record types.

The new longStringIn/longStringOut record types are specialized for handling Python (Unicode) strings only.

There are considerable changes in how all record types handle incoming values, including dropping support for some previously supported types. The canonical list of valid types for record types is the tests - see `record_values_list` in `test_record_values.py` for the list of valid cases.

Due to an epicscorelibs version bump, existing checkouts will need to do a complete reinstall - see rough guide in `Contributing.rst` in the new "Updating Dependencies" section.

.github/workflows/code.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@ name: Code CI
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - main
+    tags:
+      - "*"
   pull_request:
+  schedule:
+    # Run every Monday at 8am
+    - cron: '0 8 * * MON'
 
 jobs:
   lint:
@@ -30,15 +38,18 @@ jobs:
         python: [cp36, cp37, cp38, cp39]
 
         include:
-          # Put coverage in the project directory for mac
+          # Put coverage and results files in the project directory for mac
           - os: macos-latest
             cov_file: "{project}/dist/coverage.xml"
+            results_file: "{project}/dist/pytest-results.xml"
           # And for windows
           - os: windows-latest
             cov_file: "{project}/dist/coverage.xml"
-          # But put coverage in the output dir mounted in docker for linux
+            results_file: "{project}/dist/pytest-results.xml"
+          # But put coverage and results files in the output dir mounted in docker for linux
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             cov_file: /output/coverage.xml
+            results_file: /output/pytest-results.xml
           # Build an sdist on linux so it has the right line endings
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             sdist: true
@@ -60,7 +71,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.7"
 
       - name: Install Python Dependencies
-        run: pip install build cibuildwheel==1.* # The 2.* releases dropped Python2 support.
+        # Pin cibuildwheel due to https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/issues/962
+        run: pip install build cibuildwheel>=2.3.1
 
       - name: Build Sdist
         if: matrix.sdist
@@ -69,14 +81,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Wheel
         run: cibuildwheel --output-dir dist
         env:
+          # Force old behaviour of pip - see https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/issues/962
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: PIP_USE_DEPRECATED=out-of-tree-build
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.python }}*64
           CIBW_TEST_EXTRAS: dev
-          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest {project}/tests --cov-report xml:${{ matrix.cov_file }}
+          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest {project}/tests --cov-report xml:${{ matrix.cov_file }} --junit-xml=${{ matrix.results_file }}
           # Disable auditwheel as it isn't compatible with setuptools_dso approach
           # https://github.com/mdavidsaver/setuptools_dso/issues/17
           CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND: ""
-          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux1
-          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_LINUX: SETUPTOOLS_DSO_PLAT_NAME=manylinux1_x86_64
+          CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: manylinux2014
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_LINUX: SETUPTOOLS_DSO_PLAT_NAME=manylinux2014_x86_64
+          CIBW_SKIP: "*-musllinux*" # epicscorelibs doesn't build on musllinux platforms
 
       - name: Upload Wheel and Sdist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
@@ -90,6 +105,30 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ matrix.os }}/${{ matrix.python }}
           directory: dist
 
+      - name: Upload Unit Test Results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: Unit Test Results (${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python }})
+          path: dist/pytest-results.xml
+
+  publish-test-results:
+    name: Publish Unit Tests Results
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: always()
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Download Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+
+      - name: Publish Unit Test Results
+        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@v1
+        with:
+          files: artifacts/**/*.xml
+
   release:
     needs: [build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -115,4 +154,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.pypi_token }}
-        run: pipx run twine upload dist/*
+        run: pipx run twine upload dist/*

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ name: Docs CI
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      # Add more branches here to publish docs from other branches
+      - master
+      - main
+    tags:
+      - "*"
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Changed:
 
 - `Remove python2 support <../../pull/64>`
 - `Default DISP to TRUE for all In records <../../pull/74>`
+- `Overhaul record value setting/getting <../../pull/60>`
+
+Added:
+- New longStringIn/longStringOut record types
 
 3.2.1_ - 2021-11-25
 -------------------

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ While 100% code coverage does not make a library bug-free, it significantly
 reduces the number of easily caught bugs! Please make sure coverage remains the
 same or is improved by a pull request!
 
+
+Updating Dependencies
+---------------------
+
+pythonSoftIoc has a variety of types of dependencies, from Python module to
+C files and built libraries. If it is necessary to update any of them, the
+safest way to do that is::
+
+    $ Ensure all changes are committed/saved/backed up
+    $ pipenv --rm
+    $ pipenv run gitclean
+    $ rm Pipfile.lock
+    $ Update dependencies in setup.cfg / pyproject.toml
+    $ pipenv install --dev
+
 Code Styling
 ------------