this is a set of modifications to modernize parts of the code #2511

Job	Run time
Check for Max SDK	1s
linux-x64-internal-release	8m 43s
macos-x64-internal-release	23m 36s
linux-x64-internal-debug	12m 39s
macos-x64-internal-debug	36m 21s
linux-x64-external-release	14m 3s
macos-x64-external-release	37m 23s
maxplugin-${{ matrix.cfg.str }}-${{ matrix.cfg.sdk-version }}	0s
windows-x86-internal-release	45m 45s
windows-x86-internal-debug	43m 0s
windows-x86-external-release	1h 15m 31s
windows-x64-internal-release	1h 20m 44s
windows-x64-internal-debug	1h 10m 21s
windows-x64-external-release	43m 59s
	8h 12m 6s

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