Mypy type stubs for Matplotlib

This is a PEP-561-compliant stub-only package, which provides type information for matplotlib. The mypy type checker (or pytype or PyCharm) can recognize the types in these packages by installing this package.

NOTE: This is a work in progress

Many functions are already typed, and things can still be missing. Chances are, you will see a message from mypy claiming that a function does not exist when it does exist. If you encounter missing functions, I would be delighted for you to send a PR. If you are unsure of how to type a function, I can discuss it.

Installing

You can get this package only from Github, following the instructions below Publishing to PyPi may follow.

To get the most up-to-date version, install it directly from GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/stdedos/data-science-types

Or clone the repository somewhere and do pip install -e ..

Philosophy

The goal is not to recreate the APIs exactly. The main goal is to have useful checks on our code. Often the actual APIs in the libraries is more permissive than the type signatures in our stubs; but this is (usually) a feature and not a bug.

Contributing

We always welcome contributions. All pull requests are subject to CI checks. We check for compliance with mypy and that the file formatting conforms to our Black specification.

You can install these dev dependencies via

pip install -e '.[dev]'

This will also install NumPy, pandas, and Matplotlib to be able to run the tests.

Running CI locally (recommended)

We include a script for running the CI checks that are triggered when a PR is opened. To test these out locally, you need to install the type stubs in your environment. Typically, you would do this with:

pip install -e .

Then use the check_all.sh script to run all tests:

./check_all.sh

Below we describe how to run the various checks individually, but check_all.sh should be easier to use.

Checking compliance with mypy

The settings for mypy are specified in the mypy.ini file in the repository. Just running:

mypy tests

from the base directory should take these settings into account. We enforce 0 mypy errors.

Formatting with black

We use Black to format the stub files. First, install black and then run:

black .

from the base directory.

Pytest

python -m pytest -vv tests/

Flake8

flake8 *-stubs

License

Apache 2.0