topic Re: PEP 561 compliant stub package for arcpy in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

PEP 561 compliant stub package for arcpy

JanetWilson — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:03:47 GMT

Does anyone know if there is a PEP 561 compliant stub package for arcpy?

I'm wanting to use static typing (mypy), but Esri say they don't have type hints for arcpy.

Re: PEP 561 compliant stub package for arcpy

DanPatterson — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:52:08 GMT

esri produces arcpy and producing type hints probably isn't on the radar, especially with python 3.7 being the current distribution

Re: PEP 561 compliant stub package for arcpy

JanetWilson — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:03:11 GMT

Sorry for late reply, Dan. Didn't see your reply. Why do you say "especially with python 3.7...".. why wouldn't python 3.7 use mypy?

Re: PEP 561 compliant stub package for arcpy

DanPatterson — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:49:05 GMT

Janet, I didn't say it wouldn't, I was referring to the stagnant python 3.7 which is being deprecated by many packages, like numpy etc. python 3.9 (wild guess) will be the replacement. If you examine the existing code base within esri scripts (eg C:\... your_install_folder ...\Resources\ArcToolBox\Scripts, you not find any type hints or *.pyi files let alone detailed documentation. It keeps the python code base smaller obviously.

Re: PEP 561 compliant stub package for arcpy

JanetWilson — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 17:08:54 GMT

OK, thanks.