Possible to distinguish between Sequence[str]/Iterable[str] and str?
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Description
If a function expects an iterable of strings, is it possible to forbid passing in a string, since strings are iterable? Seems like there are many cases where this would be an error, but I don't see an obvious way to check 't','h','i','s'.
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No implementation files or tests are named. Start by determining whether the request belongs in the typing specification, documentation, or a type-checker implementation, then review the repository’s typing guidance and related discussions; done requires a decided, documented way to distinguish strings from iterable strings.
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- python
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- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 5/5
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