Re: Types and builds for mypy

[Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>]

Hi Phil,

Phil <phil@beadling.co.uk> writes:

> Thanks for your reply Maxim,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer writes:
>
>
>> Is MyPy the only consumer of Python type annotations?  I think so, but
>> I'm not sure.  If it's the only one, it'd make sense to move mypy and
>> all the annotation types to (gnu packages python-types), I think.
>
> Mypy is certainly a prominent consumer, but you're right - PEP 561 type stub
> packages are also used by PyCharm, pytype, and I've heard CPython can
> use them to compile, to name a few.
>
> So I think my revised opinion is mypy should stay where it is, but I do
> like the idea of keeping all the types in one module?

I'd actually be fine with having mypy in a (gnu packages python-types)
module along its types packages.

[...]

> Cool thanks - leave this with me, I have a working package so can submit
> a patch shortly!

Excellent!

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Thanks,
Maxim