ENH: replace if elif else chains with match statement

[tibisabau]

Summary

This PR refactors if/elif/else chains to use Python 3.10's match-case pattern matching syntax, improving code readability and maintainability. Closes #725.

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Changes

• Replaced if/elif/else chains with match-case statements.
• Updated ruff target version to Python 3.10

Pull request type

• Code changes (bugfix, features)
• Code maintenance (refactoring, formatting, tests)

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR refactors if/elif/else chains to use Python 3.10's match-case pattern matching syntax across multiple files and updates the ruff target version to Python 3.10. While most conversions are correct, there are critical logic errors in the refactoring that change the behavior of the code.

• Converted if/elif/else chains to match-case statements in 7 files
• Updated ruff target version from py39 to py310
• Introduced critical bug in environment.py from_dict method that changes execution logic

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File	Description
pyproject.toml	Updated ruff target version from py39 to py310
rocketpy/units.py	Converted axis label matching (0/1) to match-case
rocketpy/rocket/rocket.py	Converted coordinate system orientation validation to match-case
rocketpy/rocket/aero_surface/nose_cone.py	Converted nose cone kind validation to match-case with OR patterns
rocketpy/plots/rocket_plots.py	Converted plane coordinate mapping to match-case (2 functions)
rocketpy/motors/motor.py	Converted coordinate system orientation validation to match-case
rocketpy/mathutils/function.py	Converted interpolation/extrapolation type selection to match-case; incomplete refactoring in plot_2d method; missing default case in differentiate
rocketpy/environment/environment.py	Converted atmospheric model type handling to match-case; critical bug in from_dict where code moved outside match statement

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[Gui-FernandesBR]

@tibisabau can you update CHANGELOG.md file please?

[Gui-FernandesBR]

@tibisabau we need all the tests to be green on CI

[Gui-FernandesBR]

LGTM,

I will merge it if all tests pass.

@tibisabau could you run slow tests and share the evidence here?

[tibisabau]

LGTM,

I will merge it if all tests pass.

@tibisabau could you run slow tests and share the evidence here?

all tests:

slow tests:

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 81.18081% with 51 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 81.09%. Comparing base (9cf3dd4) to head (c92dacc).
⚠️ Report is 26 commits behind head on develop.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
rocketpy/environment/environment.py	66.07%	19 Missing ⚠️
rocketpy/mathutils/function.py	89.54%	16 Missing ⚠️
rocketpy/plots/rocket_plots.py	61.11%	7 Missing ⚠️
rocketpy/units.py	0.00%	5 Missing ⚠️
rocketpy/rocket/aero_surface/nose_cone.py	86.20%	4 Missing ⚠️

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[Gui-FernandesBR]

@tibisabau please fix linters so we can merge this PR

[Gui-FernandesBR]

amazing implementation!