* Add flake8 configuration

.flake8:
Add flake8 configuration that limits the line length to 120 chars and
outputs to flake8.txt

* Add flake8.txt to gitignore

.gitignore:
Add flake8.txt (flake8 output file) to ignore.

* Syntax fixes and cleanup for top-level wscript

wscript:
Fix syntax of wscript according to pep8 (but do not break long lines).
Remove unused imports and move all module level imports to the top of
the file.
Fix broken build target of IIO driver (source argument to
`create_driver_obj()` supplied an uninitialized variable).
Break lines at 120 chars.

* Fix common/wscript syntax

common/wscript:
Fix syntax problems, unneeded imports and break lines at 120 chars.

* Fix compat/alloca/wscript syntax

compat/alloca/wscript:
Fix compat/alloca/wscript syntax

* Fix compat/wscript syntax

compat/wscript:
Fix compat/wscript syntax

* Fix dbus/wscript syntax

dbus/wscript:
Fix syntax and break lintes at 120 chars.

* Fix example-clients/wscript syntax

example-clients/wscript:
Fix syntax and remove commented code.

* Fix tests/wscript syntax

tests/wscript:
Fix syntax and commented code.

* Fix tools/wscript syntax

tools/wscript:
Fix tools/wscript syntax.

* Add github workflow for linting wscripts

.github/workflows/lint.yml:
Add github workflow for linting wscripts using findutils and flake8.

* Fix project version extraction in CI

.github/workflows/build.yml:
Adapt the project version extraction in CI to the syntax changes in
the top-level wscript.

This adds missing includes for alloca. The man page of alloca(3) states
that alloca.h should be #include'd to use alloca.

Also work around missing alloca.h header on Windows by adding a
compatibility module.

Closes: #197