https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/12971
From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gweatherby=uchc....@python.org> on behalf of Thomas Passin <li...@tompassin.net> Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 7:36 AM To: python-list@python.org <python-list@python.org> Subject: Re: is mypy failing here *** Attention: This is an external email. Use caution responding, opening attachments or clicking on links. *** On 11/24/2022 5:05 AM, Robin Becker wrote: > I haven't used dataclasses or typing very much, but while playing about > I found this didn't give me an expected error > > (.py312) robin@minikat:~/devel/reportlab > $ cat tmp/examples/tdc.py && python tmp/examples/tdc.py && mypy > tmp/examples/tdc.py > ################################## > from dataclasses import dataclass > > @dataclass > class DC: > a: str > b: str > > def main(): > dc = DC(DC, "B") > print(dc) > > if __name__ == "__main__": > main() > ################################## > DC(a=<class '__main__.DC'>, b='B') > Success: no issues found in 1 source file > (.py312) robin@minikat:~/devel/reportlab > > DC.a is supposed to be a str and I expected mypy to indicate a type error > > should typing work for this case? > -- > Robin Becker Sounds like a bug. With Python 3.10: C:\temp\python>py -V Python 3.10.4 C:\temp\python>py tdc.py DC(a=<class '__main__.DC'>, b='B') C:\temp\python>mypy tdc.py tdc.py:10: error: Argument 1 to "DC" has incompatible type "Type[DC]"; expected "str" [arg-type] Found 1 error in 1 file (checked 1 source file) -- https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!kFNV-Nh17mkih_KN3698Xv9rdmHpmQyEjpm-GBtPKVScpGjUISLM12MJ6yKj4O3JKeNVh7Ft9zhsPV8cURU$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!kFNV-Nh17mkih_KN3698Xv9rdmHpmQyEjpm-GBtPKVScpGjUISLM12MJ6yKj4O3JKeNVh7Ft9zhsPV8cURU$> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list