description: Check for type: ignore annotations that suppress all type warnings, as
tags:
- PGH003
blanket-type-ignore (PGH003)
Derived from the pygrep-hooks linter.
What it does
Check for type: ignore annotations that suppress all type warnings, as
opposed to targeting specific type warnings.
Why is this bad?
Suppressing all warnings can hide issues in the code.
Blanket type: ignore annotations are also more difficult to interpret and
maintain, as the annotation does not clarify which warnings are intended
to be suppressed.
Example
Use instead:
References
Mypy supports a built-in setting
to enforce that all type: ignore annotations include an error code, akin
to enabling this rule: