Fix typing on session_and_runs.

spikewrap/data_classes/base.py

@@ -24,15 +24,23 @@ class BaseUserDict(UserDict):
 
     base_path: Path
     sub_name: str
-    sessions_and_runs: Dict
+    sessions_and_runs: Dict[str, List[str]]
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         self.data: Dict = {}
         self.base_path = Path(self.base_path)
         self.check_run_names_are_formatted_as_list()
 
     def check_run_names_are_formatted_as_list(self) -> None:
-        """"""
+        """
+        `sessions_and_runs` is typed as `Dict[str, List[str]]` but the
+        class will accept `Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]]` and
+        cast here. Attempted to type with the latter, or `
+        MutableMapping[str, [str, Union[str, List[str]]]` but had many issues
+        such as https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/8136. The main thing
+        is we can work with `Dict[str, List[str]]` but if `Dict[str, str]` is
+        passed n general use it will not fail.
+        """
         for key, value in self.sessions_and_runs.items():
             if not isinstance(value, List):
                 assert isinstance(

spikewrap/examples/example_full_pipeline.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     run_full_pipeline(
         base_path,
         sub_name,
-        sessions_and_runs,  # type: ignore # currently asking on mypy's Gitter
+        sessions_and_runs,
         config_name,
         sorter,
         concat_sessions_for_sorting=True,  # TODO: validate this at the start, in `run_full_pipeline`

spikewrap/pipeline/full_pipeline.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 def run_full_pipeline(
     base_path: Union[Path, str],
     sub_name: str,
-    sessions_and_runs: Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]],
+    sessions_and_runs: Dict[str, List[str]],
     config_name: str = "default",
     sorter: str = "kilosort2_5",
     concat_sessions_for_sorting: bool = False,

spikewrap/pipeline/load_data.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Union
 
 import spikeinterface.extractors as se
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 def load_data(
     base_path: Union[Path, str],
     sub_name: str,
-    sessions_and_runs: Dict,
+    sessions_and_runs: Dict[str, List[str]],
     data_format: str = "spikeglx",
 ) -> PreprocessingData:
     """

spikewrap/pipeline/sort.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Union
 
 import spikeinterface.sorters as ss
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 def run_sorting(
     base_path: Union[str, Path],
     sub_name: str,
-    sessions_and_runs: Dict,
+    sessions_and_runs: Dict[str, List[str]],
     sorter: str,
     concatenate_sessions: bool = False,
     concatenate_runs: bool = False,

spikewrap/pipeline/visualise.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 def visualise(
     data: Union[PreprocessingData, SortingData],
-    sessions_and_runs: Dict,
+    sessions_and_runs: Dict[str, List[str]],
     steps: Union[List[str], str] = "all",
     mode: str = "auto",
     as_subplot: bool = False,