Fix dataclasses.Field to use _MISSING_TYPE #7126
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default, default_factory, and kw_only are all attributes of Field objects which may have a value of MISSING. This is likely to arise when examining Field objects and checking attributes.
For example,
The types for the attributes should therefore be
... | _MISSING_TYPE
This adjustment is only applied to the attributes of Field, not the arguments to functions and methods.
I believe this is the correct resolution for python/mypy#12124