Muriithi Frederick Muriuki <fredmang...@gmail.com> writes: > * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-typing): New variable. > --- > gnu/packages/python.scm | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm > index 170107a..ef3d9bd 100644 > --- a/gnu/packages/python.scm > +++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm > @@ -12625,3 +12625,23 @@ faster ones are not available.") > "This package provides efficient Python bindings to picosat on the C > level, i.e. > when importing pycosat, the picosat solver becomes part of the Python > process itself") > (license license:expat))) > + > +(define-public python-typing > + (package > + (name "python-typing") > + (version "3.5.3.0") > + (source > + (origin > + (method url-fetch) > + (uri (pypi-uri "typing" version)) > + (sha256 > + (base32 > + "08gz3grrh3vph5ib1w5x1ssnpzvj077x030lx63fxs4kwg3slbfa")))) > + (build-system python-build-system) > + (home-page > + "https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/typing.html")
If this is provided by the standard library as this link implies, why do we need this package? Is it a python2 backport? In that case it should be named "python2-typing" and you'll need to specify #:python as argument. > + (synopsis "Type Hints for Python") > + (description "This module supports type hints as specified by PEP 484. > The most > + fundamental support consists of the types Any, Union, Tuple, Callable, > TypeVar, and > + Generic. For full specification please see PEP 484") > + (license license:psfl))) > -- > 2.1.4
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