2017-12-27 13:54 GMT+03:00 Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>: > This won't work. When you say "a.__type__", it means "take the *value* > referenced by a, and look up its __type__ attribute". So it's > equivalent to writing: > > (11).__type__ > (12).__type__ >
Thank you for clarification, I understand that names don't have attributes :). But I did not find the right words to describe the idea. > To query something about the *variable*, you have to look at its > enclosing namespace. If these are at top level, you'd be looking at > the module-level __annotations__ dictionary. That's also where > x.__type__ would be - it's actually stored in __annotations__["x"]. > Here I was a bit knocked down by the IPython console. Strangely, but the ` __annotations__` is not initialized to a an empty dict when you start it, while in Python console it is. > There is definitely room to ask the question "can we get default > annotations for any global or class-level name that gets assigned to > without an annotation?". I fully expect that thread to be one of those > gigantic ones, but have fun :) > Yes this is exactly what I was about to ask :) With kind regards, -gdg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
