MagicStack / MagicStack/MagicPython

Type hint Warning

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Description

Issue Type: Feature Request

@dataclass
class Entity:
TotalValue: float
debtor: str
creditor: str

x = Entity(3.2, 'George', 'Fred')

x.debtor = 8

The IDE does not warn you that you have used an int instead of a string despite type hint

Extension version: 1.1.0
VS Code version: Code 1.55.0 (c185983a683d14c396952dd432459097bc7f757f, 2021-03-30T16:01:55.261Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19042

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported example in VS Code 1.55.0 with MagicPython 1.1.0 on the stated Python code. Investigate how the extension handles type hints, and consider the work complete when assigning an int to the string-typed debtor attribute produces an IDE warning.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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