using pyproject.toml without setup.cfg, updated README, cleanup

README.rst

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ ASTEVAL
    :target: https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/4185/newville/asteval
 
 
-
 Links
 -----
 
@@ -38,8 +37,20 @@ Links
 * Development Code: https://github.com/lmfit/asteval
 * Issue Tracker: https://github.com/lmfit/asteval/issues
 
-What is it?
------------
+Installation
+----------
+
+To install the asteval module, use::
+   pip install asteval
+
+or download and unack the source package and use
+   pip install .
+
+Asteval require Python 3.8 or higher.  If installed, many functions and
+constants from numpy will be used by default.
+
+About ASTEVAL
+--------------
 
 ASTEVAL is a safe(ish) evaluator of Python expressions and statements,
 using Python's ast module.  The idea is to provide a simple, safe, and
@@ -67,9 +78,13 @@ the most important differences and absences are:
  1. Variable and function symbol names are held in a simple symbol
     table (a single dictionary), giving a flat namespace.
  2. creating classes is not supported.
- 3. importing modules is not supported.
+ 3. importing modules is not supported by default - it can be enabled.
  4. function decorators, yield, lambda, exec, and eval are not supported.
  5. files can only be opened in read-only mode.
 
 In addition, accessing many internal methods and classes of objects is
 forbidden in order to strengthen asteval against malicious user code.
+
+
+Matt Newville <newville@cars.uchicago.edu>
+Last Update:  30-June-2024

pyproject.toml

@@ -5,3 +5,47 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "asteval/version.py"
 version_scheme = "post-release"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["asteval"]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+omit = ["tests/*"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "--cov=asteval --cov-report html"
+
+[project]
+name = "asteval"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+requires-python = ">= 3.8"
+description = "Safe, minimalistic evaluator of python expression using ast module"
+readme = "README.rst"
+authors = [
+     {name = "Matthew Newville", email = "matt.newville@gmail.com"}
+]
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+keywords = ["AST", "expression evaluation", "eval"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+    ]
+
+[project.url]
+Homepage = " https://github.com/lmfit/asteval"
+Documentation = "https://lmfit.github.io/asteval/"
+Tracker = "https://github.com/lmfit/asteval/issues"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = ["build", "twine"]
+doc = ["Sphinx"]
+test = ["pytest", "pytest-cov", "coverage"]
+all = ["asteval[dev, doc, test]"]