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0 points_carljm10mo ago0 comments

(ty developer here)

Currently we default to our oldest supported Python version, in which `datetime.UTC` really doesn't exist! Use `--python-version 3.12` on the CLI, or add a `ty.toml` with e.g.

``` [environment] python-version = "3.12" ```

And we'll find `datetime.UTC`.

We've discussed that this is probably the wrong default, and plan to change it.

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miki12321110mo ago

I realize this might be hard from a technical / architecture standpoint, but it would be great if "does not exist" and "does not exist in this version of Python" were two different errors.

If I saw something like "datetime.UTC doesn't exist", I'd immediately think "wait, was that datetime.utc", not "ooh it got added in 3.11, I need to change my Python version"

_carljmOP10mo ago

I agree that would be nice; probably not near the top of our list right now (and not trivial to implement), but it makes sense. Thanks for the suggestion.

jychang10mo ago

Nontrivial way to do it is dynamically scan the python 3.12 namespace, and add these warnings.

Is there any big downside to do it the boring way, hardcode a list and compare the error to the list?

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mjr0010mo ago

aha makes sense! Yeah it'd be nice if you could divine the intended python version from the uv configuration/`.python-version`. Thanks for all your hard work, looking forward to the full release!

HelloNurse10mo ago

Defaulting is wrong: what is checked is the aggregate of actual user code, standard library for a given Python version and installed packages. It has to be the same environment as when the program is run, leaving conservative approximations (checking types with the oldest supported library versions and hoping newer ones are OK) to the user.

dcreager10mo ago

Yes, if you have a Python version specifed in pyproject.toml, for instance, we respect that, and that's what we use to type-check your code. The default being discussed here is what we fall back on if that project metadata isn't available.

0xffff210mo ago

Could you check what version of `python` is in the PATH and use that as the default?

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