Re: [PATCH 00/25] qapi: static typing conversion, pt6

[John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>]

On 9/22/20 6:44 PM, John Snow wrote:
> based-on: <20200922223525.4085762-1-jsnow@redhat.com>
>            [PATCH 00/26] qapi: static typing conversion, pt5
> 
> Hi, this series adds static type hints to the QAPI module.
> This is the final part, part six!
> 
> Part 6 (Everything):
>      https://gitlab.com/jsnow/qemu/-/tree/python-qapi-cleanup-pt6
> 

Note: I have rebased and updated the pt6 branch. I am currently working 
on respinning pt2, which now contains the introspect.py patches that 
were formerly in pt1.

Thanks,
--js

> - Requires Python 3.6+
> - Requires mypy 0.770 or newer (for type analysis only)
> - Requires pylint 2.6.0 or newer (for lint checking only)
> 
> This part of the series focuses on schema.py.
> 
> Type hints are added in patches that add *only* type hints and change no
> other behavior. Any necessary changes to behavior to accommodate typing
> are split out into their own tiny patches.
> 
> Every commit should pass with:
>   - flake8 qapi/
>   - pylint --rcfile=qapi/pylintrc qapi/
>   - mypy --config-file=qapi/mypy.ini qapi/
> 
> John Snow (25):
>    qapi/schema: add Visitable mixin
>    qapi/schema.py: Move meta-type into class instances
>    qapi/schema.py: add assert in stub methods
>    qapi/schema.py: constrain QAPISchemaObjectType base type
>    qapi/schema.py: constrain QAPISchemaObjectTypeMember arg_type type
>    qapi/schema.py: constrain QAPISchemaEvent arg_type type
>    qapi/schema.py: constrain tag_member type
>    qapi/schema.py: Allow alternate_type to assert
>    qapi/schema.py: remove superfluous assert
>    qapi/schema.py: Add assertion to ifcond property
>    qapi/schema.py: Constrain type of QAPISchemaObjectType members field
>    qapi/schema.py: remove 'and' from non-bool rvalue expressions
>    qapi/schema.py: Test type of self.ret_type instead of local temp
>    qapi/schema.py: Assert variants of an object are also objects
>    qapi/schema.py: add type hint annotations
>    qapi/schema.py: enable checking
>    qapi: Disable similarity checks in pylint entirely
>    qapi/schema.py: Add pylint warning suppressions
>    qapi/schema.py: Convert several methods to classmethods
>    qapi/schema.py: Replace one-letter variable names
>    qapi/schema.py: disable pylint line limit
>    qapi/schema.py: Ignore unused argument for check()
>    qapi/schema.py: enable pylint checks
>    qapi/schema.py: Add module docstring
>    qapi/schema.py: Use python3 style super()
> 
>   scripts/qapi/mypy.ini  |   6 -
>   scripts/qapi/pylintrc  |   6 +-
>   scripts/qapi/schema.py | 848 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>   3 files changed, 557 insertions(+), 303 deletions(-)
>