🔒 How to type a type?

[dawn stirrup]

I had closed #1367945514699718697 but the solution I was using is not working as expected.

I have

type RuleType = Figure | str | bool | int | float | list[RuleType]


class Rule:
    def __init__(self, rule_type: RuleType):
        ...

But when I use this:

Rule(
    rule_type=bool
)

I get a warning from my IDE: Expected type 'Figure | str | bool | int | float | list', got 'Type[bool]' instead

[safe ether]

@dawn stirrup

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[dawn stirrup]

@lost spoke @noble vault pinging because you were both helping me in my original thread

[lost spoke]

helloo

[lost spoke]

the type bool refers to an instance of bool, hence True or False

the class itself named bool has a type of type[bool]

[dawn stirrup]

ahh so I should do type RuleType = type[Figure] | ...?

[lost spoke]

class A:
    pass

x = A # type is 'type[A]'
x = A() # type is 'A'

[lost spoke]

yeah

OR you could just do type[RuleType]

or some other form

[dawn stirrup]

ohh thats smart

thank you!

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