Support frozen=TYPE_CHECKING for dataclasses
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Description
Feature
In a project I am working on, we would like to be able to annotate dataclasses such that usually, there values should not be changed, while allowing to do so at runtime (for some construction methods and testing, more or less.
To do so, we would like to specify @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=typing.TYPE_CHECKING)
Pitch
This could help to detect misuse of classes without introducing strict runtime guarantees.
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Research direction
Start by tracing mypy's handling of dataclass decorators and the typing.TYPE_CHECKING expression. Done means the proposed frozen=typing.TYPE_CHECKING form is accepted and provides static immutability checking without imposing the frozen runtime behavior.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100