.. _invalid-field-call:

invalid-field-call / E3701
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**Message emitted:**

``Invalid usage of field(), %s``

**Description:**

*The dataclasses.field() specifier should only be used as the value of an assignment within a dataclass, or within the make_dataclass() function.*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/i/invalid-field-call/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/i/invalid-field-call/good.py
   :language: python





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