Bring back `argname` or help to figure out the way to do the same.
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Feature description
I've wanted to update typeguard dependency in project from version 2.13.3 to latest, which is 4.1.5. Coincidently previous version had exactly what we needed which is type checking + custom message on error but since 3.0.0 it was dropped.
Is there any workaround that I'm not aware of? Will you consider to bring that feature back?
Use case
We have test which goes roughly like this:
from typing import List
from typeguard import check_type
# run using `pytest` with `typeguard==2.13.3`
def test_request_for_data():
test_id = "553834731"
expected_data_types = {
"key1": ["foo", "bar"],
"key2": [],
"key3": str,
"key4": "value1",
"key5": False,
"key6": List[str],
}
# data = _request_for_data([test_id])[0] # original
data = {"key1": ["foo", "bar"], "key2": [], "key3": True, "key4": "value1", "key5": False, "key6": ["hi", "hello"]} # failing data example
assert len(data) == len(expected_data_types)
for key, value in expected_data_types.items():
if isinstance(value, (int, float, str, list)):
assert data[key] == value
else:
check_type(f"returned {key} value", data[key], value)
We check for exact value or data type match defined by either regular types like str or using types from typing module.
Old error message: TypeError: type of returned key3 value must be str; got bool instead
New error message (without 1st argument): typeguard.TypeCheckError: bool is not an instance of str
As you can see in our case old message allowed us to know instantly for which key the value was incorrect but in new version there is no way to customize it.