https://github.com/pycqa/flake8-pyi

A plugin for Flake8 that provides specializations for type hinting stub files
https://github.com/pycqa/flake8-pyi

flake8 lint linter linter-plugin mypy pep484 python stub-files type-checking typing

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A plugin for Flake8 that provides specializations for type hinting stub files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8-pyi
• Owner: PyCQA
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-12-21T08:28:28.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-18T14:44:39.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-19T14:39:59.456Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: flake8, lint, linter, linter-plugin, mypy, pep484, python, stub-files, type-checking, typing
• Language: Python
• Size: 585 KB
• Stars: 71
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 23
• Open Issues: 18
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# flake8-pyi

A plugin for Flake8 that provides specializations for

[type hinting stub files](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/#stub-files),

especially interesting for linting

[typeshed](https://github.com/python/typeshed/).

Refer to [this documentation](https://typing.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source/stubs.html) for more

details on stub files.

## Functionality

1. Adds the `.pyi` extension to the default value of the `--filename`

   command-line argument to Flake8.  This means stubs are linted by default with

   this plugin enabled, without needing to explicitly list every file.

2. Modifies PyFlakes runs for `.pyi` files to defer checking type annotation

   expressions after the entire file has been read.  This enables support for

   first-class forward references that stub files use.

3. Provides a number of `.pyi`-specific warnings that enforce typeshed's

   style guide.

Note: Be careful when using this plugin in the same environment as other flake8

plugins, as they might generate errors that are inappropriate for

`.pyi` files (e.g., about missing docstrings). We recommend running

`flake8-pyi` in a dedicated environment in your CI.

## Lints provided

This plugin reserves codes starting with **Y0**. For a full list of lints

currently provided by flake8-pyi, see the

[list of error codes](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-pyi/blob/main/ERRORCODES.md).

Note that several error codes recommend using types from `typing_extensions` or

`_typeshed`. Strictly speaking, these packages are not part of the standard

library. However, these packages are included in typeshed's `stdlib/`

directory, meaning that type checkers believe them to be part of the standard

library even if this does not reflect the reality at runtime. As such, since

stubs are never executed at runtime, types from `typing_extensions` and

`_typeshed` can be used freely in a stubs package, even if the package does not

have an explicit dependency on either `typing_extensions` or typeshed.

Flake8-pyi's checks may produce false positives on stubs that aim to support Python 2.

## License

MIT

## Authors

Originally created by [Łukasz Langa](mailto:[email protected]) and

now maintained by

[Jelle Zijlstra](mailto:[email protected]),

[Alex Waygood](mailto:[email protected]),

Sebastian Rittau, Akuli, and Shantanu.

## See also

* [List of error codes](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-pyi/blob/main/ERRORCODES.md)

* [Changelog](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-pyi/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)

* [Information for contributors](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-pyi/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)