Python: Typehints for argparse.Namespace objects

Question

Is there a way to have Python static analyzers (e.g. in PyCharm, other IDEs) pick up on Typehints on argparse.Namespace objects? Example:

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Answer 1

Typed argument parser was made for exactly this purpose. It wraps argparse. Your example is implemented as:

from tap import Tap


class ArgumentParser(Tap):
    somearg: str


parsed = ArgumentParser().parse_args(['--somearg', 'someval'])
the_arg = parsed.somearg

Here's a picture of it in action.

It's on PyPI and can be installed with: pip install typed-argument-parser

Full disclosure: I'm one of the creators of this library.