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24 changes: 12 additions & 12 deletions docs/spec/annotations.rst
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Expand Up @@ -27,14 +27,10 @@ general type possible, or ignored, by any type checker.
It is recommended but not required that checked functions have
annotations for all arguments and the return type. For a checked
function, the default annotation for arguments and for the return type
is ``Any``. An exception is the first argument of instance and
class methods. If it is not annotated, then it is assumed to have the
type of the containing class for instance methods, and a type object
type corresponding to the containing class object for class methods.
For example, in class ``A`` the first argument of an instance method
has the implicit type ``A``. In a class method, the precise type of
the first argument cannot be represented using the available type
notation.
is ``Any``. An exception to the above is the first argument of
instance and class methods (conventionally named ``self`` or ``cls``),
which type checkers should assume to have an appropriate type, as per
:ref:`annotating-methods`.

(Note that the return type of ``__init__`` ought to be annotated with
``-> None``. The reason for this is subtle. If ``__init__`` assumed
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Annotating instance and class methods
-------------------------------------

In most cases the first argument of class and instance methods
does not need to be annotated, and it is assumed to have the
type of the containing class for instance methods, and a type object
type corresponding to the containing class object for class methods.
In most cases the first argument of instance and class methods
(conventionally named ``self`` or ``cls``) does not need to be annotated.

If the argument is not annotated, then for instance methods it is
assumed to have the type of the containing class or :ref:`Self
<self>`, and for class methods the type object type corresponding to
the containing class object or ``type[Self]``.

In addition, the first argument in an instance method can be annotated
with a type variable. In this case the return type may use the same
type variable, thus making that method a generic function. For example::
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