Support 'direct' message type for private messages

Author: sujanyd

zulip/zulip/cli.py

@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ def send_message(
             "to": recipients,
         }
 
-    # Backward compatibility: convert "direct" → "private" if server doesn't support feature level 174+
+    # Backward compatibility: convert "direct" → "private" if server doesn’t support feature level 174+
     if message_data["type"] == "direct":
         try:
-            if client.server_feature_level() < 174:  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            if client.server_feature_level() < 174:
                 log.info(
                     "Server does not support 'direct' message type; falling back to 'private'."
                 )
@@ -199,4 +199,4 @@ def get_subscriptions() -> None:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    cli()
+    cli()