bd7e530f010d43816bb05d6f1590d1cd36cdaa2c This PR adds initial support for type hints checking in python scripts. (Kiminuo)
Pull request description:
This PR adds initial support for type hints checking in python scripts.
Support for type hints was introduced in Python 3.5. Type hints make it easier to read and review code in my opinion. Also an IDE may discover a potential bug sooner. Yet, as PEP 484 says: "It should also be emphasized that Python will remain a dynamically typed language, and the authors have no desire to ever make type hints mandatory, even by convention."
[Mypy](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) is used in `lint-python.sh` to do the type checking. The package is standard so there is little chance that it will be abandoned. Mypy checks that type hints in source code are correct when they are not, it fails with an error.
**Notes:**
* [--ignore-missing-imports](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_line.html#cmdoption-mypy-ignore-missing-imports) switch is passed on to `mypy` checker for now. The effect of this is that one does not need `# type: ignore` for `import zmq`. More information about import processing can be found [here](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/running_mypy.html#missing-imports). This can be changed in a follow-up PR, if it is deemed useful.
* We are stuck with Python 3.5 until 04/2021 (see https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/python3). When Python version is bumped to 3.6+, one can change:
```python
_opcode_instances = [] # type: List[CScriptOp]
```
to
```python
_opcode_instances:List[CScriptOp] = []
```
for type hints that are **not** function parameters and function return types.
**Useful resources:**
* https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/typing.html
* https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/
ACKs for top commit:
fanquake:
ACK bd7e530f010d43816bb05d6f1590d1cd36cdaa2c - the type checking is not the most robust (there are things it fails to detect), but I think this is worth adopting (in a limited capacity while we maintain 3.5 compat).
MarcoFalke:
ACK bd7e530f010d43816bb05d6f1590d1cd36cdaa2c fine with me
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faca73000fa8975c28f6be8be01957c1ae94ea62 ci: Install fixed version of clang-format for linters (MarcoFalke)
fa4695da4c69646b58a8fa0b6b30146bb234deb8 build: Sort Makefile.am after renaming file (MarcoFalke)
cccc2784a3bb10fa8e43be7e68207cafb12bd915 scripted-diff: Move ui_interface to the node lib (MarcoFalke)
fa72ca6a9d90d66012765b0043fd819698b94ba8 qt: Remove unused includes (MarcoFalke)
fac96e6450d595fe67168cb7afa7692da6cc9973 wallet: Do not include server symbols (MarcoFalke)
fa0f6c58c1c6d10f04c4e65a424cc51ebca50a8c Revert "Fix link error with --enable-debug" (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
This reverts a hacky workaround from commit b83cc0f, which only happens to work due to compiler optimizations. Then, it actually fixes the linker error.
The underlying problem is that the wallet includes symbols from the server (ui_interface), which usually results in linker failures. Though, in this specific case the linker failures have not been observed (unless `-O0`) because our compilers were smart enough to strip unused symbols.
Fix the underlying problem by creating a new header-only with the needed symbol and move ui_interface to node to clarify that this is part of libbitcoin_server.
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Sjors:
ACK faca730
laanwj:
ACK faca73000fa8975c28f6be8be01957c1ae94ea62
hebasto:
re-ACK faca73000fa8975c28f6be8be01957c1ae94ea62, since the [previous](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19331#pullrequestreview-434420539) review:
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fa677d1801fb9153a95a1fc9855fd5f21fc440c0 ci: Remove redundant check for TRAVIS_OS_NAME (MarcoFalke)
fadccb263baf6b8694f750623add42f966e423a3 doc: Document that GNU tools are required for linters (MarcoFalke)
4444704ca9f66cdc24ab2d444941354db1dfed06 ci: Cleanup macOS runs (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
* Remove a commented out cleanup task in `before_cache`
* Remove the linter run on macOS, and document that GNU tools are required to run the linters
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Sjors:
Code review ACK fa677d1801fb9153a95a1fc9855fd5f21fc440c0
laanwj:
ACK fa677d1801fb9153a95a1fc9855fd5f21fc440c0
ryanofsky:
Code review ACK fa677d1801fb9153a95a1fc9855fd5f21fc440c0 for new third commit replacing TRAVIS_OS_NAME check with NO_DEPENDS setting
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