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Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution

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Date 2015-01-24 04:11 +1100
Subject Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Fetchinson .
<fetchinson@googlemail.com> wrote:
> In any case, I'm pretty sure it was said before, but I can't really
> find it anywhere, can someone tell me what the rationale is for
> *function signature* type hinting?
>
> I totally get type hinting in general, but why does it have to be in
> the function signature? Any reason for that specifically?

Is there any particular reason for the number of arguments to be part
of the function signature? I totally get the notion of declaring how
many arguments a function takes, but why does it have to be in the
function signature?

Data types are just as much a part of that signature as argument count
is. You could argue that the function's return type isn't part of
that, but that's about it.

> If there is a pep for it, people will use it, so the fact that
> it is optional is irrelevant...

Function annotations were introduced in 2006 (Python 3.0) with PEP 3107:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3107/

They were optional then, they are still optional now. Have you been
overrun with them for the past decade? If not, why do you expect now
to be?

ChrisA

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Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-22 17:15 -0800
  Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-01-23 03:22 +0000
  Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-01-22 22:22 -0500
    Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 11:23 -0800
      Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-01-24 22:14 +0100
  Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-01-22 19:23 -0800
    Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 11:36 -0800
  Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 14:59 +1100
    Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 11:48 -0800
      Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 06:59 +1100
        Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 12:59 -0800
      Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 22:02 +0100
        Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 13:59 -0800
          Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 23:42 +0100
            Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 23:45 +0100
              Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-01-23 14:52 -0800
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 00:14 +0100
              Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-01-24 01:52 +0200
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-24 16:29 +1100
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 16:38 +1100
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-24 17:36 +1100
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 17:47 +1100
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-01-24 11:27 +0200
            Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 15:39 -0800
            Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-25 00:29 +1100
              Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 15:09 +0100
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 15:32 +0100
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-25 03:05 +1100
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Marco Buttu <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 15:25 +0100
              Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 08:41 -0800
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-25 04:26 +1100
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-24 17:36 +0000
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-24 09:37 -0800
                Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-25 06:59 +1100
  Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-01-23 00:03 -0500
    Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-23 16:59 +1100
      Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution "Fetchinson ." <fetchinson@googlemail.com> - 2015-01-23 14:23 +0100
        Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 12:21 -0800
          Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 22:12 +0100
            Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 14:26 -0800
        Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-24 17:21 +1100
          Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-01-24 06:47 -0600
            Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-01-25 00:40 +1100
              Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2015-01-24 09:06 -0500
          Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution "Fetchinson ." <fetchinson@googlemail.com> - 2015-01-24 22:01 +0100
      Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-24 04:11 +1100
      Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution "Fetchinson ." <fetchinson@googlemail.com> - 2015-01-23 22:07 +0100
  Re: Python Sanity Proposal: Type Hinting Solution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 16:31 +1100

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