ruff/crates/ty_python_semantic/resources/mdtest/dataclasses/fields.md
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[ty] support kw_only=True for dataclass() and field() (#19677)
## Summary
https://github.com/astral-sh/ty/issues/111

adds support for `@dataclass(kw_only=True)`
(https://docs.python.org/3/library/dataclasses.html)

## Test Plan
- new mdtests
- triaged conformance diffs (notes here:
https://diffswarm.dev/d-01k2gknwyq82f6x17zqf3apjxc)
- `mypy_primer` no-op
2025-08-14 08:02:55 -07:00

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Dataclass fields

Basic

from dataclasses import dataclass, field

@dataclass
class Member:
    name: str
    role: str = field(default="user")
    tag: str | None = field(default=None, init=False)

# revealed: (self: Member, name: str, role: str = Literal["user"]) -> None
reveal_type(Member.__init__)

alice = Member(name="Alice", role="admin")
reveal_type(alice.role)  # revealed: str
alice.role = "moderator"

# `tag` is marked as `init=False`, so this is an
# error: [unknown-argument] "Argument `tag` does not match any known parameter"
bob = Member(name="Bob", tag="VIP")

default_factory

The default_factory argument can be used to specify a callable that provides a default value for a field:

from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from datetime import datetime

@dataclass
class Data:
    content: list[int] = field(default_factory=list)
    timestamp: datetime = field(default_factory=datetime.now, init=False)

# revealed: (self: Data, content: list[int] = list[Unknown]) -> None
reveal_type(Data.__init__)

data = Data([1, 2, 3])
reveal_type(data.content)  # revealed: list[int]
reveal_type(data.timestamp)  # revealed: datetime

kw_only

[environment]
python-version = "3.12"

If kw_only is set to True, the field can only be set using keyword arguments:

from dataclasses import dataclass, field

@dataclass
class Person:
    name: str
    age: int | None = field(default=None, kw_only=True)
    role: str = field(default="user", kw_only=True)

# revealed: (self: Person, name: str, *, age: int | None = None, role: str = Literal["user"]) -> None
reveal_type(Person.__init__)

alice = Person(role="admin", name="Alice")

# error: [too-many-positional-arguments] "Too many positional arguments: expected 1, got 2"
bob = Person("Bob", 30)

The field function

from dataclasses import field

def get_default() -> str:
    return "default"

reveal_type(field(default=1))  # revealed: dataclasses.Field[Literal[1]]
reveal_type(field(default=None))  # revealed: dataclasses.Field[None]
reveal_type(field(default_factory=get_default))  # revealed: dataclasses.Field[str]