(CW) pandas related bugfix for some read and write functionality

sample/helpers/ReadWrite.py

@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ def writeConfigurationsAndPropertiesToFile(
 
     # When tuples are converted to string, whitespaces are automatically inserted between elements
     # -> remove them before writing
-    df[CONFIGS_KEY] = df[CONFIGS_KEY].map(str).str.replace(' ', '')
+    # CW <15.10.2024> commented line as tuples do not need to be converted to string anymore
+    #df[CONFIGS_KEY] = df[CONFIGS_KEY].map(str).str.replace(' ', '')
 
     df.to_csv(filename,
               sep=delimiter,
@@ -364,7 +365,9 @@ def readConfigurationsAndPropertiesFromFile(filename, delimiter=';', get_comment
 
     # this conversion from strings to tuples takes most of the time
     # but it's hard to optimize since the tuple has no fixed length
-    configs_set = df[headers[0]].apply(get_tuple_from_string, convert_dtype=tuple).tolist()
+    # CW <15.10.2024> removed "convert_dtype" to be compatible with future pandas versions
+    # try updating pandas if you're having issues
+    configs_set = df[headers[0]].apply(get_tuple_from_string).to_list()
 
     # get properties if they exist
     property_set = None