return types, confused

kevindawson

from docs

all() → List[tinydb.table.Document] 
    Get all documents stored in the table.

but when I look at the source

def all(self) -> List[Document]:

and

class Document(dict):

should the return type for all() be a type from typing

ie:

all() → List[Dict]

as I said in title confused

msiemens

Hey kevindawson, the return type is a MyPy type annotation that says that all() will return a list of documents. So List just tells that we're returning a list object which is what the docs show.

kevindawson

msiemens, thank you for the reply
still confused though

tinydb.table.Document is not inMyPy but List is.

Is it still valid

or can you only use MyPy types

as I said in title confused

msiemens

kevindawson Is it still valid

or can you only use MyPy types

No, you can use your own types/classes too with MyPy. Otherwise one would't be able to describe a list of objects of a custom class which is a normal thing to do in Python.