Python type hints

[Philip D'Ath]

Does anyone use Python type hints?

https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html

[Raphael_L]

Haven't used that in all my Meraki projects. I'm familiar with it, but haven't seen the benefits of "complicating" my code. I find it a bit harder to read imo.

[Greenberet]

I'm using it in most of my projects. It helps to understand what to expect from which function.
Really usefull for migrations, when you are e.g. creating an object and in the past it was just some dict/json.
-> So does function xy use the old or the new way? Type hint will let you know 😃

[Philip D'Ath]

So you are using it with human validation only, rather than with external tooling?

[Greenberet]

well I've enabled "basic" type hint warnings in the IDE =D

[Philip D'Ath]

That is another good question. Which IDE do you use?

I tend to use either IDLE or a text editor called UltraEdit (which I use for many other things).

[Greenberet]

Visual Studio & Visual Studio Code depending on the usecase