Let tools know this library supports type hints #138
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https://typing.python.org/en/latest/spec/distributing.html#packaging-type-information https://typing.python.org/en/latest/guides/libraries.html#marking-a-package-as-providing-type-information It turns out we need to add a py.typed file so that tools will know this library has type hints. As far as I can tell we don't need to do anything special to have our build tool (Hatch) include this file when it builds and packages the library. Signed-off-by: Nic Cope <[email protected]>
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https://typing.python.org/en/latest/spec/distributing.html#packaging-type-information https://typing.python.org/en/latest/guides/libraries.html#marking-a-package-as-providing-type-information
It turns out we need to add a py.typed file so that tools will know this library has type hints. As far as I can tell we don't need to do anything special to have our build tool (Hatch) include this file when it builds and packages the library.
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