Support `reveal_type` from dmypy
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Description
Feature
Support invoking reveal_type from dmypy (similar to suggest) to enable tooling to use mypy for type information.
Pitch
libCST is an extremely powerful tool for supporting refactoring Python code, and it has support for type information, but currently only supports Pyre:
https://libcst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/libcst/metadata/type_inference_provider.html#TypeInferenceProvider
Pyre and Mypy result in slightly different type information so I'd prefer to get our type data from mypy itself.
Existing solutions seem pretty janky -
https://github.com/fortana-co/sublime-mypy-reveal/blob/master/mypy_reveal.py#L72-L102 modifies the code and invokes reveal_type, https://github.com/matangover/mypy-vscode/blob/master/README.md#caveats imports mypy which isn't well supported.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the dmypy entry point and the existing suggest command to understand how requests and type information are handled. Define how a client can invoke reveal_type and receive its result without modifying source files; done means tooling can request mypy's type data through dmypy.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100