Type hinting

What is Type hinting?

A way to annotate code with the expected data types of variables and functions to improve readability and catch errors earlier.

In other languages

한국어타입 힌팅

변수나 함수의 데이터 타입을 코드에 명시해 가독성과 안정성을 높이고, 오류를 더 빨리 찾게 해주는 기법입니다.

日本語型ヒント

変数や関数が扱う型を注釈として記述し、可読性や安全性を高めるための仕組み。

Related Terms

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