CLN: remove checks for python < 3.8
> we may want to generate those stubs from the inline types using stubgen instead of manually curating those files.

I think that would be great (for cython), but are there tools that can do that for cython/c-extensions? If I read #28142  and [pyright's recommendations](#28142 ) correctly: prefer inline annotations, but fallback to pyi files (for cython and so on).

> In #28142 there has been some suggestion that pandas takes on the microsoft pyright types.

#43744 contains the first(?) batch of pyi files from microsoft for cython files in _libs.

> IMO having pandas maintaining stubs files would allow this to happen much sooner than pandas will be ready to be a pytyped library. If that were to be the situation we may want to keep the types for the deprecated python versions on master around a bit longer.

I don't think I understand: does pandas plan to release type annotations for previous releases of pandas? Many typing features require 3.8 which is also luckily the oldest supported version of pandas.
 > > we may want to generate those stubs from the inline types using stubgen instead of manually curating those files.
> 
> I think that would be great (for cython), but are there tools that can do that for cython/c-extensions? If I read #28142 and [pyright's recommendations](#28142) correctly: prefer inline annotations, but fallback to pyi files (for cython and so on).

Sorry that I was not explicit here. If we created stubs (big if) automatically we would probably want to use stubgen on the python code and then also probably copy the cython stubs into the package since these are already curated. (Rather than have a completely seperate repo) So pandas master would be the source of truth.

And yes, we are currently on the path of eventually making pandas a pytyped library. Which is why I'm happy that this cleanup is merged. (but OTOH there is also no harm keeping these stub files as is for now)



> I don't think I understand: does pandas plan to release type annotations for previous releases of pandas? Many typing features require 3.8 which is also luckily the oldest supported version of pandas.



> > In #28142 there has been some suggestion that pandas takes on the microsoft pyright types.
> 
> #43744 contains the first(?) batch of pyi files from microsoft for cython files in _libs.

We have started to integrate the types, but the task is not complete until microsoft stop bundling pandas types with pyright. (I may have my config incorrect, but I cannot use pyright in vs code when developing pandas code since goto definition always goes to the type libraries and not the code that I am working with)



> > IMO having pandas maintaining stubs files would allow this to happen much sooner than pandas will be ready to be a pytyped library. If that were to be the situation we may want to keep the types for the deprecated python versions on master around a bit longer.
> 
> I don't think I understand: does pandas plan to release type annotations for previous releases of pandas? Many typing features require 3.8 which is also luckily the oldest supported version of pandas.

stubs (as opposed to inline types) are not restricted by python versions for type annotation syntax. Type checking tends to happen using the latest version of a type checker which normally supports all type annotations syntax. Stub files tend to contain types annotations for all supported/previous versions of a software package.

When pandas becomes a pytyped library only that version of pandas has type annotations.

If (big if) pandas released stubs, all code using previous versions of pandas could also be checked. (if we decided too of course) > We have started to integrate the types, but the task is not complete until microsoft stop bundling pandas types with pyright. (I may have my config incorrect, but I cannot use pyright in vs code when developing pandas code since goto definition always goes to the type libraries and not the code that I am working with)

For my personal projects, I run
`python -c "import pandas; import pathlib; (pathlib.Path(pandas.__path__[0]) / 'py.typed').touch()"`
to fool mypy and pyright into thinking that pandas is already a py.typed library. They will then both use the inline and pandas's pyi files. Works at least for pyright, not sure about pylance. > For my personal projects, I run
> `python -c "import pandas; import pathlib; (pathlib.Path(pandas.__path__[0]) / 'py.typed').touch()"`
> to fool mypy and pyright into thinking that pandas is already a py.typed library. They will then both use the inline and pandas's pyi files. Works at least for pyright, not sure about pylance.

Good tip. (maybe can put that in the docs somewhere)

I was referring to working with pandas itself. So the open folder is pandas. Not sure how to fool mypy and pylance in this case. I just use Jedi for the language server instead. > I was referring to working with pandas itself. So the open folder is pandas. Not sure how to fool mypy and pylance in this case. I just use Jedi for the language server instead.

I would hope that  `python -c "import pathlib; (pathlib.Path('pandas/py.typed').touch()"` or simply `touch pandas/py.typed` does the trick for the git repro. Haven't tested that. > I would hope that `python -c "import pathlib; (pathlib.Path('pandas/py.typed').touch()"` or simply `touch pandas/py.typed` does the trick for the git repro. Haven't tested that.

Ahh yes. maybe could add a py.typed file locally and then update (and merge to master) gitignore so that pandas devs could have a pytped file locally that doesn't get accidently merged to master. thanks @twoertwein 