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Add docs for --local-partial-types option #8201

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resolves #8046, document the --local-partial-types command line option

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@@ -482,6 +482,32 @@ of the above sections.
# 'items' now has type List[List[str]]
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.. option:: --local-partial-types

By default, mypy won't check partial types spanning module top level or class top level.
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This sentence is pretty vague. It would be better to also introduce the concept "partial types" before discussing it.

This is an important case where this option makes a difference:

class A:
    x = None  # Need type annotation here if using --local-partial-types

    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self.x = 1

reveal_type(A().x)  # Union[int, None] without --local-partial-types

This example also makes it easier to see why this is called "local partial types" -- it disallows inferring variable type from two assignments in different scopes (for example, in class body and inside a method).

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l2 = [] # type: List[int]

class Foo:
bar = None # error
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Similar to above -- --local-partial-types causes this to be an error.

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Thanks for the updates! I have a few small tweaks that I'll do in a follow-up PR.

@JukkaL JukkaL merged commit c784e3b into python:master Jan 17, 2020
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Thanks for the review!

@TH3CHARLie TH3CHARLie deleted the fix-8046 branch January 17, 2020 13:45
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dmypy and mypy behave differently with same settings
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