'Python type hinting: custom data type
Let say, I want to have a custom type that I call Size.
Fundamentally, this type is nothing more than an int.
However, I would like to have the following behaviour:
some_size: Size = 42
not_a_size: int = 12
>>> isinstance(some_size, int)
True
>>> isinstance(some_size, Size)
True
>>> isinstance(not_a_size, int)
True
>>> isinstance(not_a_size, Size)
False
Defining a type alias: Size = int is possible, but isinstance(not_a_size, Size) would return True.
I also explored TypeVar (Size = TypeVar('Size', bound=int)) but it is not made for this.
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