Isn't that just typing.get_type_hints()? On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 5:11 PM Greg Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> On 12/01/21 6:22 am, Larry Hastings wrote: > > * The language will set __annotations__ to a dict if the object has > > annotations, or None if it has no annotations. > > That sounds inconvenient -- it means that any code referencing > __annotations__ has to guard against the possibility of it being > None. > > If we're changing things, I'm wondering if the best thing would be > to introduce an annotations() function as the new best practice for > getting an object's annotations. It would know how to handle all > the type-specific pecularities, and could take care of things such > as manufacturing an empty dict if the object doesn't have any > annotations. > > -- > Greg > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/DXQJ2V32YIV5KZQNFSPFVGKKVHIZDFPD/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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