This question is about python typing, and type hints when used with json dictonaries. I am using VS Code and it uses PyLance if that is important In my case I have JSON object that I load from a file, within the file I have any number of list, and dicts. Python typing does not seem to like this, or should I say PyLance. As an example: # Extract the variables from the json configuration file variables = json_dict.get('variables', None) # In my case, variables are optional hence I use "get()" with None. if variables is not None: # PROBLEM HERE, pylance thinks that 'variables is a string' for name, value in variables.items(): define_var(name, value) In this case, json_dict.get() would return dict[str, str]. But if I add : dict[str, str] at the end of the line that does not work. While I am using VS Code and thus PyLance, the question is also generically Python because I need this to work with other implementations, e.g. PyCharm. Continue reading...
