22 Dec
2017
22 Dec
'17
9:18 p.m.
On 2017-12-22 21:02, Mike Miller wrote:
On 2017-12-22 12:15, Chris Barker wrote:
Would it be crazy to bring typing.Any into the builtin namespace?
@dataclass: a: Any b: Any = 34 c: int = 0
That reads pretty well to me.... And having Any available in the built in namespace may help in other cases where
There is already an "any" function in the builtins. It looks fine but not sure how it will interact with type checkers.
The "dataclass.Data" idea mentioned in a sibling thread is good alternative, though just wordy enough to make ... a shortcut.
The function is "any", the type is "Any", and "any" != "Any", although I wonder how many people will be caught out by that...