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

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Fri May 27 20:58:31 EDT 2016


On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 04:01:11PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:

Also -- the most important thing. :-) What to call these things? We're pretty much settled on the semantics and how to create them (A = NewType('A', int)) but what should we call types like A when we're talking about them? "New types" sounds awkward.

TypeAlias? Because A is an alias for int?

-- Steve



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