Support type generation for dicts an addition to namespaces

updates:
- [github.com/asottile/pyupgrade: v3.15.0 → v3.15.1](https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade/compare/v3.15.0...v3.15.1)

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: dead
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.15.0
+    rev: v3.15.1
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
         args: [--py38-plus]
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: autopep8
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: 6.1.0
+    rev: 7.0.0
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
-        additional_dependencies: [flake8-encodings, flake8-warnings, flake8-builtins, flake8-length, flake8-print]
+        additional_dependencies: [flake8-encodings, flake8-warnings, flake8-builtins, flake8-print]
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.7.0
+    rev: v1.8.0
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy

README.md

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Hello world
 settngs.json at the end:
 ```json
 {
-  "example": {
+  "Example Group": {
     "hello": "world",
     "verbose": false
   },

settngs/__init__.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Callable
+from typing import cast
 from typing import Dict
 from typing import Generic
 from typing import NoReturn
@@ -84,6 +85,20 @@ else:  # pragma: no cover
     removeprefix = str.removeprefix
 
 
+def _isnamedtupleinstance(x: Any) -> bool:
+    t = type(x)
+    b = t.__bases__
+
+    if len(b) != 1 or b[0] != tuple:
+        return False
+
+    f = getattr(t, '_fields', None)
+    if not isinstance(f, tuple):
+        return False
+
+    return all(isinstance(n, str) for n in f)
+
+
 class Setting:
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -107,6 +122,9 @@ class Setting:
         exclusive: bool = False,
     ):
         """
+        Attributes:
+        setting_name:     This is the name used to retrieve this Setting object from a `Config` Definitions dictionary.
+                          This only differs from dest when a custom dest is given
 
         Args:
             *names:       Passed directly to argparse
@@ -119,7 +137,8 @@ class Setting:
             required:     Passed directly to argparse
             help:         Passed directly to argparse
             metavar:      Passed directly to argparse, defaults to `dest` upper-cased
-            dest:         This is the name used to retrieve the value from a `Config` object as a dictionary
+            dest:         This is the name used to retrieve the value from a `Config` object as a dictionary.
+                          Default to `setting_name`.
             display_name: This is not used by settngs. This is a human-readable name to be used when generating a GUI.
                           Defaults to `dest`.
             cmdline:      If this setting can be set via the commandline
@@ -133,7 +152,7 @@ class Setting:
             raise ValueError('names must be specified')
         # We prefix the destination name used by argparse so that there are no conflicts
         # Argument names will still cause an exception if there is a conflict e.g. if '-f' is defined twice
-        self.internal_name, dest, self.flag = self.get_dest(group, names, dest)
+        self.internal_name, setting_name, dest, self.flag = self.get_dest(group, names, dest)
         args: Sequence[str] = names
 
         # We then also set the metavar so that '--config' in the group runtime shows as 'CONFIG' instead of 'RUNTIME_CONFIG'
@@ -155,6 +174,7 @@ class Setting:
         self.help = help
         self.metavar = metavar
         self.dest = dest
+        self.setting_name = setting_name
         self.cmdline = cmdline
         self.file = file
         self.argparse_args = args
@@ -194,6 +214,11 @@ class Setting:
                 return str
             else:
                 if not self.cmdline and self.default is not None:
+                    if not isinstance(self.default, str) and not _isnamedtupleinstance(self.default) and isinstance(self.default, Sequence) and self.default and self.default[0]:
+                        try:
+                            return cast(type, type(self.default)[type(self.default[0])])
+                        except Exception:
+                            ...
                     return type(self.default)
                 return 'Any'
 
@@ -206,6 +231,11 @@ class Setting:
                 t: type | str = type_hints['return']
                 return t
             if self.default is not None:
+                if not isinstance(self.default, str) and not _isnamedtupleinstance(self.default) and isinstance(self.default, Sequence) and self.default and self.default[0]:
+                    try:
+                        return cast(type, type(self.default)[type(self.default[0])])
+                    except Exception:
+                        ...
                 return type(self.default)
             return 'Any'
 
@@ -228,28 +258,30 @@ class Setting:
             return None
         return 'Any'
 
-    def get_dest(self, prefix: str, names: Sequence[str], dest: str | None) -> tuple[str, str, bool]:
-        dest_name = None
+    def get_dest(self, prefix: str, names: Sequence[str], dest: str | None) -> tuple[str, str, str, bool]:
+        setting_name = None
         flag = False
 
         prefix = sanitize_name(prefix)
         for n in names:
             if n.startswith('--'):
                 flag = True
-                dest_name = sanitize_name(n)
+                setting_name = sanitize_name(n)
                 break
             if n.startswith('-'):
                 flag = True
 
-        if dest_name is None:
-            dest_name = names[0]
+        if setting_name is None:
+            setting_name = names[0]
         if dest:
             dest_name = dest
+        else:
+            dest_name = setting_name
         if not dest_name.isidentifier():
             raise Exception(f'Cannot use {dest_name} in a namespace')
 
         internal_name = f'{prefix}__{dest_name}'.lstrip('_')
-        return internal_name, dest_name, flag
+        return internal_name, setting_name, dest_name, flag
 
     def filter_argparse_kwargs(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return {k: v for k, v in self.argparse_kwargs.items() if v is not None}
@@ -284,8 +316,8 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     ns = Namespace | TypedNS | Config[T] | None
 
 
-def generate_ns(definitions: Definitions) -> str:
-    initial_imports = ['from __future__ import annotations', '', 'import settngs', '']
+def generate_ns(definitions: Definitions) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    initial_imports = ['from __future__ import annotations', '', 'import settngs']
     imports: Sequence[str] | set[str]
     imports = set()
 
@@ -317,12 +349,14 @@ def generate_ns(definitions: Definitions) -> str:
             if type_name == 'Any':
                 type_name = 'typing.Any'
 
-            attributes.append(f'    {setting.internal_name}: {type_name}')
+            attribute = f'    {setting.internal_name}: {type_name}'
+            if attribute not in attributes:
+                attributes.append(attribute)
         # Add a blank line between groups
         if attributes and attributes[-1] != '':
             attributes.append('')
 
-    ns = 'class settngs_namespace(settngs.TypedNS):\n'
+    ns = 'class SettngsNS(settngs.TypedNS):\n'
     # Add a '...' expression if there are no attributes
     if not attributes or all(x == '' for x in attributes):
         ns += '    ...\n'
@@ -336,7 +370,69 @@ def generate_ns(definitions: Definitions) -> str:
     imports = sorted(list(imports - {'import typing'}))
 
     # Merge the imports the ns class definition and the attributes
-    return '\n'.join(initial_imports + imports) + '\n\n\n' + ns + '\n'.join(attributes)
+    return '\n'.join(initial_imports + imports), ns + '\n'.join(attributes)
+
+
+def generate_dict(definitions: Definitions) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    initial_imports = ['from __future__ import annotations', '', 'import typing']
+    imports: Sequence[str] | set[str]
+    imports = set()
+
+    groups_are_identifiers = all(n.isidentifier() for n in definitions.keys())
+    classes = []
+    for group_name, group in definitions.items():
+        attributes = []
+        for setting in group.v.values():
+            t = setting._guess_type()
+            if t is None:
+                continue
+            # Default to any
+            type_name = 'Any'
+
+            # Take a string as is
+            if isinstance(t, str):
+                type_name = t
+            # Handle generic aliases eg dict[str, str] instead of dict
+            elif isinstance(t, types_GenericAlias):
+                type_name = str(t)
+            # Handle standard type objects
+            elif isinstance(t, type):
+                type_name = t.__name__
+                # Builtin types don't need an import
+                if t.__module__ != 'builtins':
+                    imports.add(f'import {t.__module__}')
+                    # Use the full imported name
+                    type_name = t.__module__ + '.' + type_name
+
+            # Expand Any to typing.Any
+            if type_name == 'Any':
+                type_name = 'typing.Any'
+
+            attribute = f'    {setting.dest}: {type_name}'
+            if attribute not in attributes:
+                attributes.append(attribute)
+        if not attributes or all(x == '' for x in attributes):
+            attributes = ['    ...']
+        classes.append(
+            f'class {sanitize_name(group_name)}(typing.TypedDict):\n'
+            + '\n'.join(attributes) + '\n\n',
+        )
+
+    # Remove the possible duplicate typing import
+    imports = sorted(list(imports - {'import typing'}))
+
+    if groups_are_identifiers:
+        ns = '\nclass SettngsDict(typing.TypedDict):\n'
+        ns += '\n'.join(f'    {n}: {sanitize_name(n)}' for n in definitions.keys())
+    else:
+        ns = '\nSettngsDict = typing.TypedDict(\n'
+        ns += "    'SettngsDict', {\n"
+        for n in definitions.keys():
+            ns += f'        {n!r}: {sanitize_name(n)},\n'
+        ns += '    },\n'
+        ns += ')\n'
+    # Merge the imports the ns class definition and the attributes
+    return '\n'.join(initial_imports + imports), '\n'.join(classes) + ns + '\n'
 
 
 def sanitize_name(name: str) -> str:
@@ -441,13 +537,13 @@ def normalize_config(
                 value, is_default = get_option(options, setting)
                 if not is_default or default:
                     # User has set a custom value or has requested the default value
-                    group_options[setting_name] = value
-                elif setting_name in group_options:
+                    group_options[setting.dest] = value
+                elif setting.dest in group_options:
                     # default values have been requested to be removed
-                    del group_options[setting_name]
-            elif setting_name in group_options:
+                    del group_options[setting.dest]
+            elif setting.dest in group_options:
                 # Setting type (file or cmdline) has not been requested and should be removed for persistent groups
-                del group_options[setting_name]
+                del group_options[setting.dest]
         normalized[group_name] = group_options
 
     return Config(normalized, config.definitions)
@@ -698,9 +794,12 @@ class Manager:
             return Config(c, self.definitions)
         return c
 
-    def generate_ns(self) -> str:
+    def generate_ns(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
         return generate_ns(self.definitions)
 
+    def generate_dict(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        return generate_dict(self.definitions)
+
     def create_argparser(self) -> None:
         self.argparser = create_argparser(self.definitions, self.description, self.epilog)
 
@@ -708,7 +807,7 @@ class Manager:
         """Passes all arguments through to `Setting`, `group` and `exclusive` are already set"""
 
         setting = Setting(*args, **kwargs, group=self.current_group_name, exclusive=self.exclusive_group)
-        self.definitions[self.current_group_name].v[setting.dest] = setting
+        self.definitions[self.current_group_name].v[setting.setting_name] = setting
 
     def add_group(self, name: str, group: Callable[[Manager], None], exclusive_group: bool = False) -> None:
         """

testing/settngs.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ success = [
             'cmdline': True,
             'const': None,
             'default': None,
+            'setting_name': 'test_setting',  # dest is calculated by Setting and is not used by argparse
             'dest': 'test_setting',  # dest is calculated by Setting and is not used by argparse
             'display_name': 'test_setting',  # defaults to dest
             'exclusive': False,
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ success = [
             'flag': True,
             'group': 'tst',
             'help': None,
-            'internal_name': 'tst__test_setting',  # Should almost always be "{group}_{dest}"
+            'internal_name': 'tst__test_setting',  # Should almost always be "{group}__{dest}"
             'metavar': 'TEST_SETTING',  # Set manually so argparse doesn't use TST_TEST
             'nargs': None,
             'required': None,
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ success = [
             'cmdline': True,
             'const': None,
             'default': None,
+            'setting_name': 'test',  # setting_name is calculated by Setting and is not used by argparse
             'dest': 'testing',  # dest is calculated by Setting and is not used by argparse
             'display_name': 'testing',  # defaults to dest
             'exclusive': False,
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ success = [
             'flag': True,
             'group': 'tst',
             'help': None,
-            'internal_name': 'tst__testing',  # Should almost always be "{group}_{dest}"
+            'internal_name': 'tst__testing',  # Should almost always be "{group}__{dest}"
             'metavar': 'TESTING',  # Set manually so argparse doesn't use TST_TEST
             'nargs': None,
             'required': None,
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ success = [
             'cmdline': True,
             'const': None,
             'default': None,
+            'setting_name': 'test',  # dest is calculated by Setting and is not used by argparse
             'dest': 'test',  # dest is calculated by Setting and is not used by argparse
             'display_name': 'test',  # defaults to dest
             'exclusive': False,
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ success = [
             'flag': True,
             'group': 'tst',
             'help': None,
-            'internal_name': 'tst__test',  # Should almost always be "{group}_{dest}"
+            'internal_name': 'tst__test',  # Should almost always be "{group}__{dest}"
             'metavar': 'TEST',  # Set manually so argparse doesn't use TST_TEST
             'nargs': None,
             'required': None,
@@ -199,6 +202,7 @@ success = [
             'cmdline': True,
             'const': None,
             'default': None,
+            'setting_name': 'test',  # dest is calculated by Setting and is not used by argparse
             'dest': 'test',  # dest is calculated by Setting and is not used by argparse
             'display_name': 'test',  # defaults to dest
             'exclusive': False,
@@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ success = [
             'flag': True,
             'group': 'tst',
             'help': None,
-            'internal_name': 'tst__test',  # Should almost always be "{group}_{dest}"
+            'internal_name': 'tst__test',  # Should almost always be "{group}__{dest}"
             'metavar': None,  # store_true does not get a metavar
             'nargs': None,
             'required': None,
@@ -239,6 +243,7 @@ success = [
             'cmdline': True,
             'const': None,
             'default': None,
+            'setting_name': 'test',
             'dest': 'test',
             'display_name': 'test',  # defaults to dest
             'exclusive': False,
@@ -279,6 +284,7 @@ success = [
             'cmdline': True,
             'const': None,
             'default': None,
+            'setting_name': 'test',
             'dest': 'test',
             'display_name': 'test',  # defaults to dest
             'exclusive': False,
@@ -317,6 +323,7 @@ success = [
             'cmdline': True,
             'const': None,
             'default': None,
+            'setting_name': 'test',
             'dest': 'test',
             'display_name': 'test',  # defaults to dest
             'exclusive': False,

tests/settngs_test.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import json
 import pathlib
 import sys
 from collections import defaultdict
-from textwrap import dedent
 from typing import Generator
 
 import pytest
@@ -18,7 +17,18 @@ from testing.settngs import failure
 from testing.settngs import success
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 9):  # pragma: no cover
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):  # pragma: no cover
+    List = list
+    help_output = '''\
+usage: __main__.py [-h] [TEST ...]
+
+positional arguments:
+  TEST
+
+options:
+  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
+'''
+elif sys.version_info < (3, 9):  # pragma: no cover
     from typing import List
     help_output = '''\
 usage: __main__.py [-h] [TEST [TEST ...]]
@@ -42,17 +52,6 @@ optional arguments:
   -h, --help  show this help message and exit
 '''
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):  # pragma: no cover
-    help_output = '''\
-usage: __main__.py [-h] [TEST ...]
-
-positional arguments:
-  TEST
-
-options:
-  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
-'''
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def settngs_manager() -> Generator[settngs.Manager, None, None]:
@@ -210,6 +209,24 @@ class TestValues:
         assert non_defaults_normalized.values['tst'] == {'test': 'world'}
         assert non_defaults_normalized.values['tst_persistent'] == {'test': 'world'}
 
+    def test_normalize_dest(self, settngs_manager):
+        settngs_manager.add_group('tst', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test', default='hello'))
+        settngs_manager.add_group('tst', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test2', dest='test', default='hello'))
+        settngs_manager.add_persistent_group('tst_persistent', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test', default='hello'))
+
+        defaults = settngs_manager.defaults()
+        defaults_normalized = settngs_manager.normalize_config(defaults, file=True, default=False)
+        assert defaults_normalized.values['tst'] == {}
+        assert defaults_normalized.values['tst_persistent'] == {}
+
+        non_defaults = settngs_manager.defaults()
+        non_defaults.values['tst']['test'] = 'world'
+        non_defaults.values['tst_persistent']['test'] = 'world'
+        non_defaults_normalized = settngs_manager.normalize_config(non_defaults, file=True, default=False)
+
+        assert non_defaults_normalized.values['tst'] == {'test': 'world'}
+        assert non_defaults_normalized.values['tst_persistent'] == {'test': 'world'}
+
     def test_normalize(self, settngs_manager):
         settngs_manager.add_group('tst', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test', default='hello'))
         settngs_manager.add_persistent_group('persistent', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--world', default='world'))
@@ -317,6 +334,23 @@ class TestNamespace:
         assert non_defaults_normalized.values.tst__test == 'world'
         assert non_defaults_normalized.values.tst_persistent__test == 'world'
 
+    def test_normalize_dest(self, settngs_manager):
+        settngs_manager.add_group('tst', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test', default='hello'))
+        settngs_manager.add_group('tst', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test2', dest='test', default='hello'))
+        settngs_manager.add_persistent_group('tst_persistent', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test', default='hello'))
+
+        defaults = settngs_manager.defaults()
+        defaults_normalized = settngs_manager.get_namespace(settngs_manager.normalize_config(defaults, file=True, default=False), file=True, default=False)
+        assert defaults_normalized.values.__dict__ == {}
+
+        non_defaults = settngs_manager.get_namespace(settngs_manager.defaults(), file=True, cmdline=True)
+        non_defaults.values.tst__test = 'world'
+        non_defaults.values.tst_persistent__test = 'world'
+        non_defaults_normalized = settngs_manager.get_namespace(settngs_manager.normalize_config(non_defaults, file=True, default=False), file=True, default=False)
+
+        assert non_defaults_normalized.values.tst__test == 'world'
+        assert non_defaults_normalized.values.tst_persistent__test == 'world'
+
     def test_normalize(self, settngs_manager):
         settngs_manager.add_group('tst', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test', default='hello'))
         settngs_manager.add_persistent_group('persistent', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--world', default='world'))
@@ -333,7 +367,7 @@ class TestNamespace:
         assert normalized.persistent__hello == 'success'
         assert normalized.persistent__world == 'world'
 
-    def test_normalize_unknown(self, settngs_manager):
+    def test_normalize_unknown_group(self, settngs_manager):
         manager = settngs.Manager()
         manager.add_group('tst', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--test', default='hello'))
         manager.add_persistent_group('persistent', lambda parser: parser.add_setting('--world', default='world'))
@@ -615,83 +649,140 @@ class _customAction(argparse.Action):  # pragma: no cover
 
 
 types = (
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test'), str),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', cmdline=False), 'Any'),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', default=1, file=True, cmdline=False), int),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='count'), int),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='append'), List[str]),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='extend'), List[str]),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='store_const', const=1), int),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='append_const', const=1), list),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='store_true'), bool),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='store_false'), bool),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action=settngs.BooleanOptionalAction), bool),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action=_customAction), 'Any'),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='help'), None),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='version'), None),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', type=int), int),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', type=_typed_function), test_type),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function, default=1), int),
-    (settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function), 'Any'),
+    (0, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test'), str),
+    (1, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', cmdline=False), 'Any'),
+    (2, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', default=1, file=True, cmdline=False), int),
+    (3, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='count'), int),
+    (4, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='append'), List[str]),
+    (5, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='extend'), List[str]),
+    (6, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', nargs='+'), List[str]),
+    (7, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='store_const', const=1), int),
+    (8, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='append_const', const=1), list),
+    (9, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='store_true'), bool),
+    (10, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='store_false'), bool),
+    (11, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action=settngs.BooleanOptionalAction), bool),
+    (12, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action=_customAction), 'Any'),
+    (13, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='help'), None),
+    (14, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', action='version'), None),
+    (15, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', type=int), int),
+    (16, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', type=_typed_function), test_type),
+    (17, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function, default=1), int),
+    (18, settngs.Setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function), 'Any'),
 )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('setting,typ', types)
-def test_guess_type(setting, typ):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('num,setting,typ', types)
+def test_guess_type(num, setting, typ):
     guessed_type = setting._guess_type()
     assert guessed_type == typ
 
 
+expected_src = '''from __future__ import annotations
+
+import settngs
+{extra_imports}
+
+class SettngsNS(settngs.TypedNS):
+    test__test: {typ}
+'''
+no_type_expected_src = '''from __future__ import annotations
+
+import settngs
+
+
+class SettngsNS(settngs.TypedNS):
+    ...
+'''
 settings = (
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test'), 'str'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', cmdline=False), 'typing.Any'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', default=1, file=True, cmdline=False), 'int'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='count'), 'int'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='append'), List[str]),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='extend'), List[str]),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_const', const=1), 'int'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='append_const', const=1), 'list'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_true'), 'bool'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_false'), 'bool'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action=settngs.BooleanOptionalAction), 'bool'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action=_customAction), 'typing.Any'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='help'), None),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='version'), None),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=int), 'int'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', nargs='+'), List[str]),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_typed_function), 'tests.settngs_test.test_type'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function, default=1), 'int'),
-    (lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function), 'typing.Any'),
+    (0, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test'), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='str')),
+    (1, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', cmdline=False), expected_src.format(extra_imports='import typing\n', typ='typing.Any')),
+    (2, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', default=1, file=True, cmdline=False), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (3, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='count'), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (4, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='append'), expected_src.format(extra_imports='import typing\n' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else '', typ='typing.List[str]' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else 'list[str]')),
+    (5, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='extend'), expected_src.format(extra_imports='import typing\n' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else '', typ='typing.List[str]' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else 'list[str]')),
+    (6, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', nargs='+'), expected_src.format(extra_imports='import typing\n' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else '', typ='typing.List[str]' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else 'list[str]')),
+    (7, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_const', const=1), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (8, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='append_const', const=1), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='list')),
+    (9, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_true'), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='bool')),
+    (10, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_false'), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='bool')),
+    (11, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action=settngs.BooleanOptionalAction), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='bool')),
+    (12, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action=_customAction), expected_src.format(extra_imports='import typing\n', typ='typing.Any')),
+    (13, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='help'), no_type_expected_src),
+    (14, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='version'), no_type_expected_src),
+    (15, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=int), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (16, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_typed_function), expected_src.format(extra_imports='import tests.settngs_test\n', typ='tests.settngs_test.test_type')),
+    (17, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function, default=1), expected_src.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (18, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function), expected_src.format(extra_imports='import typing\n', typ='typing.Any')),
 )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('set_options,typ', settings)
-def test_generate_ns(settngs_manager, set_options, typ):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('num,set_options,expected', settings)
+def test_generate_ns(settngs_manager, num, set_options, expected):
     settngs_manager.add_group('test', set_options)
 
-    src = dedent('''\
-    from __future__ import annotations
+    imports, types = settngs_manager.generate_ns()
+    generated_src = '\n\n\n'.join((imports, types))
 
-    import settngs
-    ''')
+    assert generated_src == expected
 
-    if 'typing.' in str(typ):
-        src += '\nimport typing'
-    if typ == 'tests.settngs_test.test_type':
-        src += '\nimport tests.settngs_test'
-    src += dedent('''
+    ast.parse(generated_src)
 
 
-    class settngs_namespace(settngs.TypedNS):
-    ''')
-    if typ is None:
-        src += '    ...\n'
-    else:
-        src += f'    {settngs_manager.definitions["test"].v["test"].internal_name}: {typ}\n'
+expected_src_dict = '''from __future__ import annotations
 
-    generated_src = settngs_manager.generate_ns()
+import typing
+{extra_imports}
 
-    assert generated_src == src
+class test(typing.TypedDict):
+    test: {typ}
+
+
+class SettngsDict(typing.TypedDict):
+    test: test
+'''
+no_type_expected_src_dict = '''from __future__ import annotations
+
+import typing
+
+
+class test(typing.TypedDict):
+    ...
+
+
+class SettngsDict(typing.TypedDict):
+    test: test
+'''
+settings_dict = (
+    (0, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test'), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='str')),
+    (1, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', cmdline=False), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='typing.Any')),
+    (2, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', default=1, file=True, cmdline=False), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (3, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='count'), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (4, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='append'), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else '', typ='typing.List[str]' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else 'list[str]')),
+    (5, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='extend'), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else '', typ='typing.List[str]' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else 'list[str]')),
+    (6, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', nargs='+'), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else '', typ='typing.List[str]' if sys.version_info < (3, 9) else 'list[str]')),
+    (7, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_const', const=1), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (8, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='append_const', const=1), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='list')),
+    (9, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_true'), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='bool')),
+    (10, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='store_false'), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='bool')),
+    (11, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action=settngs.BooleanOptionalAction), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='bool')),
+    (12, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action=_customAction), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='typing.Any')),
+    (13, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='help'), no_type_expected_src_dict),
+    (14, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', action='version'), no_type_expected_src_dict),
+    (15, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=int), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (16, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_typed_function), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='import tests.settngs_test\n', typ='tests.settngs_test.test_type')),
+    (17, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function, default=1), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='int')),
+    (18, lambda parser: parser.add_setting('-t', '--test', type=_untyped_function), expected_src_dict.format(extra_imports='', typ='typing.Any')),
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('num,set_options,expected', settings_dict)
+def test_generate_dict(settngs_manager, num, set_options, expected):
+    settngs_manager.add_group('test', set_options)
+
+    imports, types = settngs_manager.generate_dict()
+    generated_src = '\n\n\n'.join((imports, types))
+
+    assert generated_src == expected
 
     ast.parse(generated_src)