fix linting

src/_pytest/python_api.py

@@ -280,12 +280,13 @@ class ApproxScalar(ApproxBase):
         # numbers, which don't implement comparison operators.  The second
         # requires that the actual and expected values can be compared.  This
         # is necessary for comparing Decimals with floats, see #8495.
+        result: bool
         try:
-            result: bool = abs(self.expected - actual) <= self.tolerance
+            result = abs(self.expected - actual) <= self.tolerance
         except TypeError:
             low = self.expected - self.tolerance
             high = self.expected + self.tolerance
-            result: bool = low <= actual <= high
+            result = low <= actual <= high
 
         return result
 

testing/python/approx.py

@@ -276,15 +276,14 @@ class TestApprox:
 
     def test_decimal(self):
         within_1e6 = [
-            (Decimal("1.0000005"), Decimal("1.0")),
-            (Decimal("-1.0000005"), Decimal("-1.0")),
-            (Decimal("1.0000005"), 1.0),
-            (Decimal("-1.0000005"), -1.0),
+            (Decimal("1.0000005"), Decimal("1.0"), Decimal),
+            (Decimal("-1.0000005"), Decimal("-1.0"), Decimal),
+            (Decimal("1.0000005"), 1.0, float),
+            (Decimal("-1.0000005"), -1.0, float),
         ]
-        for a, x in within_1e6:
-            T = type(x)
+        for a, x, T in within_1e6:
             # Need to test the default values here, because some code is needed
-            # to account for the facts that you can't add floats to decimals.
+            # to account for the fact that you can't add floats to decimals.
             assert a == approx(x)
 
             assert a == approx(x, rel=T("1e-6"), abs=0)