KotlinIsland / KotlinIsland/basedmypy
Warn when a falsey boolean context is ambigious with `None`
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feature
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 202
- Forks
- 6
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- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
```py
a: bool | None
if not a: # error: the type of 'a' contains "None" and could be a mistake to check it in a boolean context
...
```
Not just bools, but anything that could be false.
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by reproducing the shown `bool | None` example and locating the checker’s handling of boolean contexts; done means it warns when a value that may be `None` is tested for falseyness, including non-boolean falsey types.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100