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submitted 9 months ago by JPDev@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Besides the obvious flaws... is that parameter a list named list, shadowing the list() constructor?

[–] infinitepcg@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It works as long as you don't call list() within that function.

[–] Species5218@sh.itjust.works -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is a type hint

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

Well duh. I wonder what happens if you shadow the list constructor and try to use it as a type hint...

def foo(list: list):
  def bar(thingies: list):
    pass