[Python-ideas] Re: dataclass field argument to allow converting value on init

Paul Bryan wrote:

Could the type hint for the __init__ parameter be inferred from the (proposed) init_fn's own parameter type hint itself? On Tue, 2022-06-28 at 16:39 +0000, Steve Jorgensen wrote:

I think I was already suggesting that possibility "an optional argument to `InitFn` or maybe that can be derived from the signature of the function that `InitFn` refers to." Are we saying the same thing?