Do we have a typing type-hint for numbers yet?
Often wanting to combine int and float, discovered that an application
was doing a walk-through with/for uses three numeric types. Was
intrigued to note variance, in that the code-set features two different
methods for typing, in this situation:
def func( value ):
...using value...
where value may be an integer, a floating-point value, or a
complex-number (but not decimal-type).
NB code snippets from memory (cf copy-paste)
Method 1 (possibly older code):-
from typing import Union
...
def fun( value:Union[ int, float, complex ] ):
Method 2:-
def fun( value:int|float|complex ):
Pondering this, realised could use an alias to de-clutter the
function-definition/signature:
Method 3:-
number_type = int|float|complex
...
def fun( value:number_type ):
If it was important to have type consistency within the union, eg
argument and return, could go for:
Method 4:-
from typing import TypeVar
number_type = TypeVar( 'number_type', int, float, complex )
...
def fun( value:number_type ):
Then remembered the way we'd code an execution-time check for this using
isinstance():
Method 5:-
from numbers import Number
...
def fun( value:Number ):
Each of these will execute correctly.
All cause PyCharm to object if I try to call the fun(ction) with a
string parameter - and execute an exception, as expected.
Accepting all the others, am curious as to why PyCharm objects to Method
5 with "Expected type 'SupportsFloat | SupportsComplex | complex |
SupportsIndex', got 'Number' instead? - yet still highlights the
erroneous string parameter but none of the 'legal' data-types?
As soon as a list (in this case types) reaches three, my aged-eyes start
to think de-cluttering is a good idea!
Do you know of another way to attack this/more properly?
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