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

André Malo nd at perlig.de
Sat May 28 07:26:57 EDT 2016
* Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> 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?

I like the view C takes on this: typedef.

Cheers,
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