DataFrame.sort_values doesn't accept str for by param

[tekumara]

Environment data

• Language Server version: v2020.7.2
• OS and version: macOS
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Python 3.6.10

Expected behaviour

No type error, see https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.sort_values.html

Actual behaviour

No overloads for "df.sort_values(by='X')" match parameters
  Argument types: (Literal['X'])Pylance (reportGeneralTypeIssues)

Code Snippet / Additional information

from pandas import DataFrame

def sort(df: DataFrame) -> DataFrame:
    return df.sort_values(by='X')

[gramster]

Should be fixed in the next release.

[jakebailey]

This issue has been fixed in version 2020.8.1, which we've just released. You can find the changelog here: https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#202081-13-august-2020