Type documentation fixes for Doc

spacy/tokens/doc.pyi

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Doc:
         vector: Optional[Floats1d] = ...,
         alignment_mode: str = ...,
         span_id: Union[int, str] = ...,
-    ) -> Span: ...
+    ) -> Optional[Span]: ...
     def similarity(self, other: Union[Doc, Span, Token, Lexeme]) -> float: ...
     @property
     def has_vector(self) -> bool: ...
@@ -179,15 +179,13 @@ class Doc:
         self, path: Union[str, Path], *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...
     ) -> None: ...
     def from_disk(
-        self, path: Union[str, Path], *, exclude: Union[List[str], Tuple[str]] = ...
-    ) -> Doc: ...
-    def to_bytes(self, *, exclude: Union[List[str], Tuple[str]] = ...) -> bytes: ...
-    def from_bytes(
-        self, bytes_data: bytes, *, exclude: Union[List[str], Tuple[str]] = ...
+        self, path: Union[str, Path], *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...
     ) -> Doc: ...
-    def to_dict(self, *, exclude: Union[List[str], Tuple[str]] = ...) -> bytes: ...
+    def to_bytes(self, *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> bytes: ...
+    def from_bytes(self, bytes_data: bytes, *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> Doc: ...
+    def to_dict(self, *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...) -> Dict[str, Any]: ...
     def from_dict(
-        self, msg: bytes, *, exclude: Union[List[str], Tuple[str]] = ...
+        self, msg: Dict[str, Any], *, exclude: Iterable[str] = ...
     ) -> Doc: ...
     def extend_tensor(self, tensor: Floats2d) -> None: ...
     def retokenize(self) -> Retokenizer: ...

spacy/tokens/doc.pyx

@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ cdef class Doc:
 
         path (str / Path): A path to a directory. Paths may be either
             strings or `Path`-like objects.
-        exclude (list): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
+        exclude (Iterable[str]): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
         RETURNS (Doc): The modified `Doc` object.
 
         DOCS: https://spacy.io/api/doc#from_disk
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ cdef class Doc:
     def to_bytes(self, *, exclude=tuple()):
         """Serialize, i.e. export the document contents to a binary string.
 
-        exclude (list): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
+        exclude (Iterable[str]): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
         RETURNS (bytes): A losslessly serialized copy of the `Doc`, including
             all annotations.
 
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ cdef class Doc:
         """Deserialize, i.e. import the document contents from a binary string.
 
         data (bytes): The string to load from.
-        exclude (list): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
+        exclude (Iterable[str]): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
         RETURNS (Doc): Itself.
 
         DOCS: https://spacy.io/api/doc#from_bytes
@@ -1361,11 +1361,8 @@ cdef class Doc:
     def to_dict(self, *, exclude=tuple()):
         """Export the document contents to a dictionary for serialization.
 
-        exclude (list): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
-        RETURNS (bytes): A losslessly serialized copy of the `Doc`, including
-            all annotations.
-
-        DOCS: https://spacy.io/api/doc#to_bytes
+        exclude (Iterable[str]): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
+        RETURNS (Dict[str, Any]): A dictionary representation of the `Doc`
         """
         array_head = Doc._get_array_attrs()
         strings = set()
@@ -1411,13 +1408,11 @@ cdef class Doc:
         return util.to_dict(serializers, exclude)
 
     def from_dict(self, msg, *, exclude=tuple()):
-        """Deserialize, i.e. import the document contents from a binary string.
+        """Deserialize the document contents from a dictionary representation.
 
-        data (bytes): The string to load from.
-        exclude (list): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
+        msg (Dict[str, Any]): The dictionary to load from.
+        exclude (Iterable[str]): String names of serialization fields to exclude.
         RETURNS (Doc): Itself.
-
-        DOCS: https://spacy.io/api/doc#from_dict
         """
         if self.length != 0:
             raise ValueError(Errors.E033.format(length=self.length))