consider-using-alias / R6002

Message emitted:

'%s' will be deprecated with PY39, consider using '%s' instead%s

Description:

Only emitted if 'runtime-typing=no' and a deprecated typing alias is used in a type annotation context in Python 3.7 or 3.8.

Problematic code:

import typing

cats: typing.Dict[str, int]  # [consider-using-alias]

Correct code:

import typing

cats: typing.cast(dict[str, int], "string")

Configuration file:

[main]
load-plugins = pylint.extensions.typing
py-version = 3.7
runtime-typing=no

Note

This message is emitted by the optional 'typing' checker, which requires the pylint.extensions.typing plugin to be loaded.

Created by the typing checker.