Description
Feature
One would be able to do:
# mypy: assert=platform == "win32" and python_version >= "3.10"
and the file would only be checked if sys.platform
is win32
and the tuple sys.version_info
is greater than or equal to (3, 10)
. This is similar to the environment markers used in dependency definitions but with only support for the two static platform variables that are already used by Mypy.
Implementation-wise, there would be a pre-processing step that transforms the Python version string (if present) into a tuple. This way you can pass those two variables directly to eval
.
Pitch
This would significantly help in situations such as #19009. Brief recap:
When you have the following provider module:
if sys.platform == "win32": from my_pkg._pty.windows import PtySession else: from my_pkg._pty.unix import PtySessionand attempt importing this symbol from somewhere else, Mypy does not respect the platform condition.
For example, if you call
pty.openpty()
insidemy_pkg._pty.unix
and run Mypy on Windows it will show:Module has no attribute "openpty" [attr-defined]
The best solution available is adding a top-level assertion as introduced here. For example, on top of the module my_pkg._pty.unix
you would put assert sys.platform != "win32"
.
This is suboptimal because it requires modifying runtime behavior. The sys
import is required, perhaps only for the assertion, and if there are imports that only exist conditionally the assertion has to be in the middle of the standard import block on top.
Adding a file-level comment is the most pragmatic option at hand, in lieu of adding an option that automatically propagates conditional static assertions to enclosed imports.