builds and runs under Python3.8

setup.py

@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ def apply_folder_join(item):
     return os.path.join(BIN_FOLDER, item)
 
 
-if os.name is 'nt':
+if os.name == 'nt':
     bin_scripts = ['symoro-bin.py']
 else:
     bin_scripts = ['symoro-bin']
-bin_scripts = map(apply_folder_join, bin_scripts)
-
+bin_scripts = [apply_folder_join(x) for x in bin_scripts]
 
 setup(
     name='symoro',
@@ -34,9 +33,9 @@ def apply_folder_join(item):
     scripts=bin_scripts,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['*.tests', '*.tests.*', 'tests.*', 'tests']),
     install_requires=[
-        'sympy==0.7.3',
+        'sympy>=0.7.3',
         'numpy>=1.6.1',
-        'wxPython>=2.8.11',
+        'wxPython==4.0.7',
         'PyOpenGL>=3.0.1b2'
     ],
     dependency_links=[

symoroui/layout.py

@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ def params_in_grid(self, szr_grd, elements, rows, cols, width=70):
             place = elements[key].place
             handler = getattr(self, elements[key].handler)
             field_id = int(elements[key].id)
-            if control is 'cmb':
+            if control == 'cmb':
                 ctrl = wx.ComboBox(
                     parent=self.panel, style=wx.CB_READONLY,
                     size=(width, -1), name=name
                 )
                 ctrl.Bind(wx.EVT_COMBOBOX, handler)
-            elif control is 'lbl':
+            elif control == 'lbl':
                 ctrl = wx.StaticText(
                     parent=self.panel, size=(width, -1), name=name
                 )

symoroutils/configfile.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def get_prog_config_path():
          A string specifying the path to store SYMORO settings.
     """
     prog_name = 'symoro'
-    if os.name is 'nt':
+    if os.name == 'nt':
         return os.path.join(os.environ['APPDATA'], prog_name)
     else:
         return os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.config', prog_name)