Incorrect type declaration for `http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.__init__`

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Bug
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python
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Locate the typeshed definition of http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler and inspect its init declaration and inheritance alongside socketserver.StreamRequestHandler. Confirm the first parameter uses socketserver._RequestType and that the class inherits from StreamRequestHandler; completion means the incorrect init declaration is gone and the stated type relationship is represented.

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Description

The type of the first parameter of http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.__init__ shall be socketserver._RequestType, not bytes.

To fix this issue, simply remove the __init__ method and make BaseHTTPRequestHandler inherit from StreamRequestHandler.

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