Context.channel is not always a TextChannel?

[BIRD-UP73]

The documentation for Context.channel shows this property is a TextChannel.

However, could this not also be a DMChannel?

The typing for Message.channel is Union[abc.Messageable]

[esmaycat]

As the method Context.channel is shorthand for Message.channel and the documentation for Message.channel states that it

[The TextChannel that the message was sent from.] Could be a DMChannel or GroupChannel if it’s a private message.

Seeing as discord bots cannot be in a GroupChannel then yes, the Context.channel could also be a DMChannel because of the method that it is shorthand for: Message.channel's documentation states that it can be one of the options states above (excluding the GroupChannel for a bot account).

Also the class Context implements the Messageable and that in turn implements the following:

including the DMChannel

[BIRD-UP73]

So should the doc be changed?

If you try to use ctx.channel.name for example, you get an error in the case of a DMChannel.

[esmaycat]

You could try ctx.message.channel to get the a Channel object from the message. ¯_(ツ)_/¯