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feat(typing): add type annotations to whoosh.util.numeric - #172
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Thanks @webdevsamran — this is exactly what #171 asked for, and cleanly done.
A few things I appreciated:
- The
from __future__ import annotationsimport so thetype[int | float]/int | floatsyntax works on all supported Pythons. - The defensive
int(x)/float(x)coercions into_sortable— they make the runtime match the annotated return types without changing behaviour on any real call path. Nice touch. - CHANGELOG entry under
[Unreleased]with the issue reference.
Full CI matrix is green (3.10–3.15, free-threaded 3.14t/3.15t, mypy smoke, ruff). Merging. This is a great first contribution — if you'd like another, #121 tracks the broader typing effort and there are more whoosh.util.* modules in the same spirit.
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Fixes #171
Adds parameter and return type annotations to all public functions in
src/whoosh/util/numeric.py:bits_required(maxnum: int) -> inttypecode_required(maxnum: int) -> strmax_value(bitcount: int) -> intbytes_for_bits(bitcount: int) -> intto_sortable(numtype: type[int | float], intsize: int, signed: bool, x: float) -> intfrom_sortable(numtype: type[int | float], intsize: int, signed: bool, x: int) -> int | floatfloat_to_sortable_long(x: float, signed: bool) -> intsortable_long_to_float(x: int, signed: bool) -> floatfloat_to_byte(value: float, mantissabits: int = 5, zeroexp: int = 2) -> bytesbyte_to_float(b: bytes | int, mantissabits: int = 5, zeroexp: int = 2) -> floatlength_to_byte(length: int | None) -> intAlso records the update under
## [Unreleased]inCHANGELOG.md. No runtime behavior is changed.Verified with
ruff checkandruff format(all checks pass).