On 04/19/2015 01:26 PM, Glenn Linderman wrote:
Is argument clinic a special case of type annotations? (Quoted and
worded to be provocative, intentionally but not maliciously.)
OK, I know that argument clinic applies to C code and I know that type
annotations apply to Python code. And I know that C code is a lot more
restrictive /a priori/ which clinic has to accommodate, and type
annotations are a way of adding (unenforced) restrictions on Python
code. Still, from a 50,000' view, there seems to be an overlap in
functionality... and both are aimed at Py 3.5... I find that
interesting... I guess describing parameter types is the latest Python
trend :)
Argument Clinic and Python 3 type annotations are related concepts.
Argument Clinic's syntax is designed in such a way that we actually use
ast.parse() to parse it, and that includes using the type annotation
syntax. That's about all they have in common.
This discussion is off-topic and of limited interest; if you have
further questions along these lines please email me privately.
//arry/
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