specify types in method calls

[Gerrit Holl]

Uwe Mayer wrote:
> Is there also a way of specifying this in the method definition, i.e.
> 
> class A(object):
>     def foo( name : B ):
>         ...
> 
> which then would be equivalent to i.e.
> 
> class A(object):
>     def foo( name ):
>         assert isinstance( name, B )
>         ....
> 
> Is anything like that already available?

No, it isn't.

> Or might that be possible in future versions of Python?

Who knows :-). But personally, I don't think it's very likely, because
it's syntax sugar for something that is, I believe, not very common.
(I think it's not very Pythonic, but I can't explain why)

Gerrit.

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