typingplus
An enhanced version of the Python typing library that always uses the latest version of typing available, regardless of which version of Python is in use.
Installation
Install it using pip:
pip install typingplus
Features
- Contains all of the typing library, and is guaranteed to use the latest installed version of the
typing
library, even if the version of Python in use has an older version oftyping
. typing_extensions
is integrated to be as compatible with the future of thetyping
module as possible.- Support for comment type hints.
- A functional cast function, including to the abstract types defined in the
typing
module. - An is_instance function that works with the abstract types defined in the
typing
module. - An upgrade_typing function that will replace the stdlib version of
typing
with the latest version from either the stdlib or the backport.
Usage
See PEP 484.