[Python-ideas] Proposal: Use mypy syntax for function annotations

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le 24/08/2014 22:51, Antoine Pitrou a écrit :
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> Le 24/08/2014 22:30, Guido van Rossum a écrit :
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>> People who are talking about what should happen if a decorator changes
>> __annotations__ are likewise missing the point.
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> But you shouldn't use annotations for something that refuses to use
> runtime introspection abilities. There's no reason to waste annotations
> if the need can be fullfilled by separate description files in a DSL
> that doesn't even need to be Python code (but cutely looks like so).

(*) or a docstring-embedded DSL, as others acutely remarked.

Regards

Antoine.