Python type hints may not be not for me in practice | Hacker News

The thing that the author says they would prefer is already in Python, it's called NewType (https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.NewType)They say "...so I can't create a bunch of different names for eg typing.Any and then expect type checkers to complain if I mix them." `MyType = NewType('MyType', Any)` is how you do this. At the end, they suggest a workflow: "I think my ideal type