mypy, type hint: Union[float, int] -> is there a Number type?

Question

mypy is really handy and catches a lot of bugs, but when I write \"scientific\" applications, I often end up doing:

def my_func(number: Union[float, int]):
    #         


        

Answer 1

You can define your own type to address this and keep your code cleaner.

FloatInt = Union[float, int]

def my_func(number: FloatInt):
    # Do something