v918.14 update, python 3.13, and fixed compiler warnings

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• v918.14 update
• python 3.13
• fixed compiler warnings
• Initial support for free-threaded 3.13 python. Nothing has been done to secure the internals of the code base. Any containers being accessed concurrently will not be thread safe. https://docs.python.org/3/howto/free-threading-extensions.html