[Python-Dev] Type hints -- a mediocre programmer's reaction

[Isaac Morland]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2015, Paul Moore wrote:

> On 20 April 2015 at 19:41, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
>>> tldr; type hints in python source are scary. Would reserving them for stub
>>> files be better?
>>
>> I think so.  I think PEP 8 should require stub files for stdlib modules and
>> strongly encourage them for 3rd party code.
>
> Agreed. I have many of the same concerns as Harry, but I wouldn't have
> expressed them quite as well. I'm not too worried about actually
> removing annotations from the core language, but I agree that we
> should create a strong culture of "type hints go in stub files" to
> keep source files readable and clean.
>
> On that note, I'm not sure "stub" files is a particularly good name.
> Maybe "type files" would be better? Something that emphasises that
> they are the correct place to put type hints, not a workaround.

How about "header" files?

(ducks...)

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