[docutils:patches] #216 Fix type annotation for get_default_settings

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**[patches:#216] Fix type annotation for get_default_settings**

**Status:** open
**Group:** None
**Created:** Thu Jan 22, 2026 09:04 AM UTC by Dmitry Shachnev
**Last Updated:** Thu Jan 22, 2026 09:04 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody
**Attachments:**

- [0001-Fix-type-annotation-for-get_default_settings.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/patches/216/attachment/0001-Fix-type-annotation-for-get_default_settings.patch) (966 Bytes; text/x-patch)


It accepts classes themselves, not instances of those classes.

This fixes error from mypy that I have for code that calls `get_default_settings(Writer)`.
```
error: Argument 1 to "get_default_settings" has incompatible type "type[Writer]"; expected "SettingsSpec"  [arg-type]
```


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<p><strong><a class="alink" href="https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/patches/216/">[patches:#216]</a> Fix type annotation for get_default_settings</strong></p>
<p><strong>Status:</strong> open<br/>
<strong>Group:</strong> None<br/>
<strong>Created:</strong> Thu Jan 22, 2026 09:04 AM UTC by Dmitry Shachnev<br/>
<strong>Last Updated:</strong> Thu Jan 22, 2026 09:04 AM UTC<br/>
<strong>Owner:</strong> nobody<br/>
<strong>Attachments:</strong></p>
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<li><a class="" href="https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/patches/216/attachment/0001-Fix-type-annotation-for-get_default_settings.patch">0001-Fix-type-annotation-for-get_default_settings.patch</a> (966 Bytes; text/x-patch)</li>
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<p>It accepts classes themselves, not instances of those classes.</p>
<p>This fixes error from mypy that I have for code that calls <code>get_default_settings(Writer)</code>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nl">error</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Argument</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">to</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">"get_default_settings"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">has</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">incompatible</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">"type[Writer]"</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">expected</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ss">"SettingsSpec"</span><span class="w">  </span><span class="o">[</span><span class="n">arg-type</span><span class="o">]</span>
</code></pre></div>

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