[Python-Dev] PEP 557: Data Classes (original) (raw)

Mike Miller python-ideas at mgmiller.net
Sun Sep 10 17:05:45 EDT 2017

Thanks for the info.

On 2017-09-08 15:40, Eric V. Smith wrote:

- Are types required? Annotations are required, the typing module is not.

Maybe an example or two with Any? I'd rather leave it like it is: typing is referenced only once, for ClassVar.

Guess I really meant "object" or "type" above, not "typing.Any."

For a decade or two, my use of structs/records in Python has been dynamically-typed and that hasn't been an issue. As the problem this PEP is solving is orthogonal to typing improvements, it feels a bit like typing is being coupled and pushed with it, whether wanted or not.

Not that I dislike typing mind you (appreciated on projects with large teams), it's just as mentioned not related to the problem of class definition verbosity or lacking functionality.

Cheers, -Mike

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