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NewType
is an almost-zero-runtime-overhead way to create a new subtype:
I64 = NewType('I64', int)
reveal_type(I64) # Currently: NewType (correct, but lacks information)
takes_i64(42) # error
takes_i64(I64(42)) # fine
def _(a: I64):
reveal_type(a) # I64
takes_int(a) # fine
One important thing to note is that I64
's type cannot be inferred as type[I64]
, because at runtime it isn't:
print(I64.__class__) # 3.10 and later: NewType
# 3.9 and older: function
isinstance(42, I64) # error
Specification: Type aliases § NewType
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