AnnoTypes

Adding annotations to Python types while still being compatible with mypy and PyCharm

You can write things like:

from annotypes import Anno, WithCallTypes

with Anno("The exposure time for the camera"):
    AExposure = float
with Anno("The full path to the text file to write"):
    APath = str

class Simple(WithCallTypes):
    def __init__(self, exposure, path="/tmp/file.txt"):
        # type: (AExposure, APath) -> None
        self.exposure = exposure
        self.path = path

or the Python3 alternative:

from annotypes import Anno, WithCallTypes

with Anno("The exposure time for the camera"):
    AExposure = float
with Anno("The full path to the text file to write"):
    APath = str

class Simple(WithCallTypes):
    def __init__(self, exposure: AExposure, path: APath = "/tmp/file.txt"):
        self.exposure = exposure
        self.path = path

And at runtime see what you should pass to call it and what it will return:

>>> from annotypes.py2_examples.simple import Simple
>>> list(Simple.call_types)
['exposure', 'path']
>>> Simple.call_types['exposure']
Anno(name='AExposure', typ=<type 'float'>, description='The exposure time for the camera')
>>> Simple.return_type
Anno(name='Instance', typ=<class 'annotypes.py2_examples.simple.Simple'>, description='Class instance')

For more examples see the Python 2 examples or Python 3 examples.

Installation

To install the latest release, type:

pip install annotypes

To install the latest code directly from source, type:

pip install git+git://github.com/dls-controls/annotypes.git

Changelog

See CHANGELOG

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING

License

APACHE License. (see LICENSE)