colour.hints.NewType#
- class colour.hints.NewType(name, tp)[source]#
NewType creates simple unique types with almost zero runtime overhead.
NewType(name, tp) is considered a subtype of tp by static type checkers. At runtime, NewType(name, tp) returns a dummy callable that simply returns its argument.
Usage:
UserId = NewType('UserId', int) def name_by_id(user_id: UserId) -> str: ... UserId('user') # Fails type check name_by_id(42) # Fails type check name_by_id(UserId(42)) # OK num = UserId(5) + 1 # type: int
Methods
__init__
(name, tp)