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

[Guido van Rossum]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Harry Percival <harry.percival at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > stub files are only used to type-check *users* of a module. If you want
> a module itself to be type-checked you have to use inline type hints
>
> is this a fundamental limitation, or just the current state of tooling?
>

It's not fundamental, it's just more in line with the original purpose of
stubs (to describe C extensions).

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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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