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On 04/19/2015 01:26 PM, Glenn Linderman wrote:

Is argument clinic a special case of type annotations?� (Quoted and worded to be provocative, intentionally but not maliciously.)

OK, I know that argument clinic applies to C code and I know that type annotations apply to Python code. And I know that C code is a lot more restrictive a priori which clinic has to accommodate, and type annotations are a way of adding (unenforced) restrictions on Python code.� Still, from a 50,000' view, there seems to be an overlap in functionality... and both are aimed at Py 3.5... I find that interesting... I guess describing parameter types is the latest Python trend :)

Argument Clinic and Python 3 type annotations are related concepts.� Argument Clinic's syntax is designed in such a way that we actually use ast.parse() to parse it, and that includes using the type annotation syntax.� That's about all they have in common.

This discussion is off-topic and of limited interest; if you have further questions along these lines please email me privately.

/arry