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[Python-Dev] Remove typing from the stdlib

Sven R. Kunze srkunze at mail.de
Fri Nov 3 18:32:44 EDT 2017 
On 03.11.2017 21:34, Paul Moore wrote:
> Consider someone who's downloaded Python and PyCharm (or Visual
> Studio). They want to get the benefit of the IDE code completion
> facilities, so they declare their argument as List[int], following the
> information they've found on how to declare lists of integers.

The PyCharm I know is capable of detecting such simple types on its own, 
without type hints.


I for one like the idea of a faster evolution of typing.py.

Cheers,
Sven


PS: pip is pretty standard these days, so I don't think it's much of an 
issue for guys who really needs it installed.
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