On the theme of the addition of pip operators to indicate union, I was wondering what people think of using the following shortcuts for type hints. * type[] be a short-hand for List[type] * [type1, type2, type3] be a shorthand for Tuple[type1, type2, type3] * similar ideas for dictionaries and callables with (perhaps with javascript-like arrow notations?)
I just think something like this would be easier to read. For example, a lot of functions that return tuples generally are immediately unpacked when it's used, so I think this is a more clear and concise way of stating that this is that it returns three elements: an element of type1, an element of type2 and an element of type3. In other words, the fact that it's a tuple does not matter much. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/GLDHYVUQVKQ5MPBCAS4SUU36JWGJZNWF/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
