Yeah I like <> because def f<T>(…) is easier to the eyes to parse than def f[T](…) but in python we use [] for the types so it might not be consistent.
Why can’t we attach the TypeVar as a class and function attributes? Abdulla Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Feb 2022, at 1:02 PM, Jonathan Slenders <jonat...@slenders.be> wrote: > > Personally, I very much like this approach, although I'd definitely prefer <> > brackets instead, like in other languages. > > We could possibly think of it as being syntactic sugar for the current > TypeVar approach, and have it translated into TypeVars at runtime. > > However, if we'd define it that way, then these type variables would still > end up in the global scope. > We don't have scopes at the class/function definition level. That would mean > that we can't reuse the same symbol for separate functions, unless the types > are identical. _______________________________________________ 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/PW45573J3OHXA652PVX7U3LMDE67V5OD/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
