[Python-Dev] Adding NewType() to PEP 484

[Ivan Levkivskyi]

There is another interesting idea from Twitter: call them type wrappers.

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Ivan

On 28 May 2016 at 11:01, Ivan Levkivskyi <levkivskyi at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 28 May 2016 at 06:26, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
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> > Personally I'm still in favor of Derived type (but I'm more into
> > ancient programming languages than most folks here). I could also live
> > with Distinguished Type.
>
> I think both "derived" and "distinguished" are OK, but I am more in
favour of "distinguished".
> The reason  is sometimes people might talk about derived types while
meaning normal derived classes.
> Also, indeed "distinguished" is a rare word, so that it will not cause
confusions and easy to look up.
>
> --
> Ivan
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