[Python-Dev] Is static typing still optional?
Eric V. Smith
eric at trueblade.com
Tue Dec 12 04:46:34 EST 2017
On 12/11/2017 9:25 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> On 11 Dec. 2017 12:26 pm, "Eric V. Smith" <eric at trueblade.com
> <mailto:eric at trueblade.com>> wrote:
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> I see a couple of options:
> 1a: Use a default type annotation, if one is not is supplied.
> typing.Any would presumably make the most sense.
> 1b: Use None if not type is supplied.
> 2: Rework the code to not require annotations at all.
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> 1c: annotate with the string "typing.Any" (this may require a tweak to
> the rules for evaluating lazy annotations, though)
Good idea, since it needs to be supported, anyway, especially in light
of PEP 563.
Eric.
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