PyCharm raising Unresolved reference + expression expected for mypy ignore based on error code

Question

I am trying to silence mypy errors based on error codes. This is done using something like this:

from foolib import foo  # type: ignore[attr-defined]

I believe PyCharm is interpreting my type: ignore[code] comments as a type comment, and reporting ignore as an unresolved reference.

Also, PyCharm expects an expression within the brackets.

mypy error I'm trying to suppress:

pylint_ignore.py:8: error: Skipping analyzing 'pylint.utils': found module but no type hints or library stubs  [import]

And yes, I know I can just say type: ignore, and not include a code, or specify to ignore this particular import in a config file. However, I would like to specify the error codes, because I think it's a good feature.

How can I get PyCharm not to complain about this?

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Research

This answer to How do I stop pyCharm from complaining about underscore strings?

Helped me realize under Preferences --> Editor --> Inspections --> Python --> Unresolved references, I can add a fully qualified symbol name to be ignored.

I believe this is officially documented here.

I tried adding *.ignore.* (since I don't want to have to build up a per-module ignore list), but this didn't work.

If this is the right approach, can you help me figure out the right syntax?

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Versions

mypy==0.770
python==3.6.5
PyCharm PE 2020.1

Answer 1

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