That's a mypy-specific hack, not something that's guaranteed by a PEP -- but it works great with mypy! On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 4:40 PM Brandt Bucher <brandtbucher@gmail.com> wrote:
Doesn't explicitly setting it yourself still work?
``` TYPE_CHECKING = False
if TYPE_CHECKING: import xxx # modules used only in type hints. ```
This seems to work for mypy, at least. Even just doing `if False:` works correctly (and is arguably the most efficient at runtime). _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-leave@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/P5W5ET... Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
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