Clarify Python versioning in stub file search path #410
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| site-packages). Stub file package authors might use the following | ||
| snippet in ``setup.py``:: | ||
| directory that is always checked is ``shared/typehints/pythonX.Y/`` (for | ||
| any PythonX.Y version, not just the installed version). Since there can |
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I think it's still not clear. When I run e.g. mypy --python-version 3.5 which directories will it check? python3.5 only, or python3.3, python3.4, python3.5?
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Ah, this is true. Perhaps "... (for some PythonX.Y as determined by the type checker, not just the installed Python version)."?
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So, just pythonX.Y? Then that proposed sentence sounds right.
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Hm, as I think about this more, would it be possible to drop this entirely? I don't think stubs for one Python version should live in the install of another. It would be better to have this be replaced by python/typing#84.
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I'll make the change you approved, the removal can be discussed in the PEP discussion.
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Well, it's not implemented in mypy, and I doubt it's implemented by other checkers. And it's somewhat ambiguous where "shared/typeshed" is rooted. But if we just want to delete it, I think we should just wait until you have a PEP with a better proposal and leave PEP 484 unchanged.
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My thinking exactly. I will add that to the PEP Im working on.
The previous version was not entirely clear.
cc @ilevkivskyi