# HG changeset patch
# User Augie Fackler <augie@google.com>
# Date 2019-11-06 20:13:23
# Node ID 5f2a8dabb0d80f44913c89ff8540b7771d28a3f7
# Parent  8b0fa4de0064a7953f4cc6bd558becc6e0cb6c6d

encoding: define local identify functions with explicit type comments

This removes some obfuscation as far as pytype is concerned and
corrects many bogus type errors.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7267

diff --git a/mercurial/encoding.py b/mercurial/encoding.py
--- a/mercurial/encoding.py
+++ b/mercurial/encoding.py
@@ -241,8 +241,15 @@ if pycompat.ispy3:
     strfromlocal = unifromlocal
     strmethod = unimethod
 else:
-    strtolocal = pycompat.identity
-    strfromlocal = pycompat.identity
+
+    def strtolocal(s):
+        # type: (str) -> bytes
+        return s
+
+    def strfromlocal(s):
+        # type: (bytes) -> str
+        return s
+
     strmethod = pycompat.identity
 
 if not _nativeenviron: