Remove more Python 3.8

README.rst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   :target: https://rogerbinns.github.io/apsw/
 
 APSW stands for **A**\ nother **P**\ ython **S**\ QLite **W**\ rapper.   APSW
-supports CPython 3.8 onwards.
+supports CPython 3.9 onwards.
 
 About
 =====
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ embedded relational database engine from Python, and the most out of
 Python from SQLite.  APSW glues together the complete `SQLite C API
 <https://sqlite.org/c3ref/intro.html>`__ and `Python's C API
 <https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/index.html>`__, staying up to date
-with both SQLite and Python.
+with both SQLite and Python.  This includes `full text search
+<https://rogerbinns.github.io/apsw/textsearch.html>`.
 
 
 It is recommended to use the builtin `sqlite3 module

doc/about.rst

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ About
 
 **APSW** |version| **released** |today|
 
-Use with `SQLite <https://sqlite.org/>`__ 3.44 or later, `Python
-<https://www.python.org/downloads/>`__ 3.8 and later.
+Use with `SQLite <https://sqlite.org/>`__ 3.47 or later, `Python
+<https://www.python.org/downloads/>`__ 3.9 and later.
 
 
 What APSW does

doc/pysqlite.rst

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module:
 
 * APSW stays up to date with Python, including releases under
   development as well as older still supported releases.  The current
-  APSW release brings the most recent SQLite to Python 3.8 all the way
+  APSW release brings the most recent SQLite to Python 3.9 all the way
   through Python 3.14.
 
 * APSW gives all functionality of SQLite including :ref:`virtual

src/pyutil.c

@@ -39,29 +39,6 @@ Py_IsNone(const PyObject *val)
 
 #endif
 
-/* Vectorcall added in 3.9 officially and provisional in 3.8  */
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03090000
-#undef PyObject_Vectorcall
-static PyObject *PyObject_Vectorcall(PyObject *callable, PyObject *const *args, size_t nargsf, PyObject *kwnames)
-{
-  return _PyObject_Vectorcall(callable, args, nargsf, kwnames);
-}
-
-/* The actual CPython implementation of this is a little more
-   sophisticated but doesn't matter for our usage */
-#undef PyObject_VectorcallMethod
-static PyObject *PyObject_VectorcallMethod(PyObject *name, PyObject *const *args, size_t nargsf, PyObject *kwnames)
-{
-  PyObject *res = NULL, *callable = PyObject_GetAttr(args[0], name);
-  if (callable)
-  {
-    res = PyObject_Vectorcall(callable, args + 1, PyVectorcall_NARGS(nargsf) - 1, kwnames);
-    Py_DECREF(callable);
-  }
-  return res;
-}
-#endif
-
 /* used in calls to AddTraceBackHere where O format takes non-null but
    we often have null so convert to None.  This can't be done as a portable
    macro because v would end up double evaluated */