Beta v0.1.1

This is a minor update, allowing for more backwards compatibility with older python versions.

Changes:

• Downgraded minimum python requirement to 3.7
• Removed all uses of the dict union operator (|)
• Removed all uses of the walrus operator (:=)

I hope to re-add these features when the majority of servers are using 3.8/3.9, but for now they are axed