Add type hints to setuptools
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Description
It seems that setuptools doesn't have type hints at the moment:
4: error: Skipping analyzing 'setuptools': found module but no type hints or library stubs
4: note: See https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/running_mypy.html#missing-imports
I think that adding type hints at least to the most common entrypoints (e.g. setup) would be great to have, considering that setuptools is quite an important part of the official Python ecosystem.
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Start by locating the commonly used setuptools entry point mentioned in the issue, especially setup, and reproduce the mypy missing-type-hints error. Done should mean the targeted public entry points provide type hints and the reported mypy diagnostic is resolved; no files or tests are named in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
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