Type hinting in Eclipse with PyDev

Question

I\'m studying Python, after a lot of PHP experience, and it would be handy to have type-hinting in Python. Looks like Eclipse with PyDev doesn\'t support this. Any sug

Answer 1

I'm not aware of any ways to do type-hinting in Python.

The standard Pythonic practice is this:

>>> def adds_three(number):
...     '''Returns number + 3'''
...     return number + 3
...     

Note I've done the following:

• The function name is clear for its behaviour
• The argument name is clear as to what it should be
• The docstring details what the function does
• Python is a dynamically-typed language. Why restrict the user to put in integer? Floating points also support the operator +. Let them use it.

One good thing about dynamic typing is that all methods are inheritly overloaded. Of course, you can always do type-checking in the function to prevent fatal errors.