tests for the last few issues (these test scripts should work with recent APIs, while the rest of the test suite needs an overhaul)

tests/issue_180_timer_orphan_test.py

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+"""Test for issue #180: Timers without a user-stored reference should still fire.
+
+This test verifies that timers continue running even when the Python object
+goes out of scope, and that they can be accessed via mcrfpy.timers.
+"""
+import mcrfpy
+import gc
+import sys
+
+# Track timer fires
+fire_count = 0
+
+def on_timer(timer, runtime):
+    """Timer callback that increments fire count."""
+    global fire_count
+    fire_count += 1
+    print(f"Timer fired! count={fire_count}, runtime={runtime}")
+
+def create_orphan_timer():
+    """Create a timer without storing a reference."""
+    # This timer should keep running even though we don't store the reference
+    mcrfpy.Timer("orphan_timer", on_timer, 50)  # 50ms interval
+    print("Created orphan timer (no reference stored)")
+
+# Set up test scene
+scene = mcrfpy.Scene("test")
+mcrfpy.current_scene = scene
+
+# Create the orphan timer (no reference stored)
+create_orphan_timer()
+
+# Force garbage collection to ensure the Python wrapper is collected
+gc.collect()
+print("Forced garbage collection")
+
+# Check timers immediately after GC
+timers = mcrfpy.timers
+print(f"Timers after GC: {len(timers)}")
+for t in timers:
+    print(f"  - {t.name}")
+
+# In headless mode, use step() to advance time and process timers
+print("\nAdvancing time with step()...")
+for i in range(6):
+    mcrfpy.step(50)  # Advance 50ms per step = 300ms total
+    print(f"  Step {i+1}: fire_count={fire_count}")
+
+# Now check results
+print(f"\n=== Final Results ===")
+print(f"Fire count: {fire_count}")
+
+# Check that we can still find the timer in mcrfpy.timers
+timers = mcrfpy.timers
+print(f"Number of timers: {len(timers)}")
+
+orphan_found = False
+for t in timers:
+    print(f"  - Timer: name={t.name}, interval={t.interval}")
+    if t.name == "orphan_timer":
+        orphan_found = True
+        # Stop it now that we've verified it exists
+        t.stop()
+        print(f"  -> Stopped orphan timer")
+
+# Verify the orphan timer was found and fired
+if not orphan_found:
+    print("FAIL: Orphan timer not found in mcrfpy.timers")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if fire_count == 0:
+    print("FAIL: Orphan timer never fired")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+print(f"\nPASS: Orphan timer fired {fire_count} times and was accessible via mcrfpy.timers")
+sys.exit(0)