Python 3.x type hints in Visual Studio Code

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I am using type hints in my Python 3 code. It seems VS Code cannot parse type hints correctly, because syntax highlighting gets messed up (docstrings not highlighted correctly, comments not recognized anymore).

I have all necessary extensions installed (Python and MagicPython plus Python for VSCode). Is there anything else I miss?

Possible duplicate of : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44901572/intellisense-not-recognising-type-hinting-for-python-3 — Soumithri Chilakamarri, Sep 03 '18 at 22:01

score 60 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 05 '19 at 06:25

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Brett's solution mentioned in a comment above worked for me:

You might have too many extensions installed. ;) Having Python and Python for VSCode could be interfering with each other.

When I removed Python for VSCode, syntax highlighting began to work correctly.

edited Feb 05 '19 at 06:25

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answered Feb 05 '19 at 06:04

Thomas Eckert

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Thank you. I was even considering to change the IDE due to this. Now I know, it was due to the overlapping plugins!! – user3785966 Jun 14 '20 at 03:33
Thank you, brother! I was tired of trying, but your solution works perfectly! – Juan Diego Ramirez Apr 20 '22 at 16:23

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '19 at 20:44

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I had this problem too... I changed my linter to mypy and that seemed to fix it.

answered Oct 08 '19 at 20:44

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I changed my linter to mypy and that alone was not enough, I had to uninstall some old python extensions – Duilio Jul 21 '20 at 20:40

Python 3.x type hints in Visual Studio Code

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