Fixup board_randomizer typehints

Invalid `list[str]` type hints were causing errors in the downstream Boggler Flask app

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ To use the script to solve a Boggle board, you'll need to do a few things first.
     d,f,e,y
     n,m,e,qu
     ```
-2. Find or create a dictionary wordlist file or create your own
+2. Find or create a dictionary wordlist file
 
     The dictionary wordlist should have each word on a single line like so
     ```console
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ To use the script to solve a Boggle board, you'll need to do a few things first.
 
 3. Split the dictionary wordlist into separate files based on the first letter of each word.
 
-    To split an English wordlist the `split_wordlist_alpha.sh` script can be used like so:
+    To split an English wordlist, use the `split_wordlist_alpha.sh` script like so:
     ```console
     $ split_wordlist_alpha.sh my_wordlist.txt .
     ```
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ BOARD
 +---------------+
 | O | W | H | A |
 +---------------+
-
                                Starting @ (0, 0)
 ╭──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
 │ Word     │ Path                                                             │
@@ -142,8 +141,7 @@ BOARD
 │ aia    │ [(0, 1), (0, 2), (1, 2)]                         │
 │ aias   │ [(0, 1), (0, 2), (1, 2), (2, 3)]                 │
 ╰────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
-Starting @ (0,
-      2)
+Starting @ (0,2)
 ╭──────┬──────╮
 │ Word │ Path │
 ├──────┼──────┤
@@ -254,8 +252,7 @@ Starting @ (0,
 │ yap  │ [(1, 3), (1, 2), (0, 3)] │
 │ yas  │ [(1, 3), (1, 2), (2, 3)] │
 ╰──────┴──────────────────────────╯
-Starting @ (2,
-      0)
+Starting @ (2, 0)
 ╭──────┬──────╮
 │ Word │ Path │
 ├──────┼──────┤
@@ -391,4 +388,4 @@ Navigate to the project root folder and run the following.
 Run `poetry build`
 
 # License
-The included [wordlists](src/boggler/wordlists) are covered by their respective licenses. All other files MIT © Cameron Blankenbuehler
+The included [wordlists](boggler/wordlists) are covered by their respective licenses. All other files [MIT](LICENSE) © Cameron Blankenbuehler

boggler/board_randomizer.py

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 """Module to generate random Boggle boards for testing"""
+
 from sys import argv, stderr
 from random import randint, shuffle
 from math import sqrt, floor
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, TypeAlias
+
+
+Die: TypeAlias = List[str]
+Dice: TypeAlias = List[Die]
 
 
 def read_dice_file(dice_path: Path):
@@ -11,17 +17,17 @@ def read_dice_file(dice_path: Path):
         return [line.rstrip().split(",") for line in file.readlines() if line[0] != "#"]
 
 
-def roll_die(die: str):
+def roll_die(die: Die):
     """Return a face of the given die string to simulate rolling a die"""
     return str(die[randint(0, len(die) - 1)])
 
 
-def roll_dice(dice: list[str]):
+def roll_dice(dice: Dice):
     """Return a random roll for each die"""
     return [roll_die(die) for die in dice]
 
 
-def get_random_board(dice: list[str]):
+def get_random_board(dice: Dice):
     shuffle(dice)
     rolls = roll_dice(dice)
 
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ def get_random_board(dice: list[str]):
     return board
 
 
-def get_random_board_csv(dice: list[str]):
+def get_random_board_csv(dice: Dice):
     board = get_random_board(dice)
     board = [",".join(row) for row in board]
     return board
@@ -49,4 +55,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             for r in range(0, int(floor(sqrt(len(dice))))):
                 print(board[r])
         except Exception as e:
-            print("Argument must be a valid file path!", file=stderr)
+            print("Argument must be a valid file path.", file=stderr)