The generic template is a simple structured message that includes a title, subtitle, image, and up to three buttons. You may also specify a default_action object that sets a URL that will be opened in the Messenger webview when the template is tapped.
Generic is a programming library for Python that provides tools for generic programming. By now, there is only one feature – multiple dispatch.
Generics are generic until the types are substituted for them at runtime. Templates are specialized at compile time so they are not still parameterized types at runtime. The common language runtime specifically supports generics in MSIL.
Templating in Python. Templating, and in particular web templating is a way to represent data in different forms. These forms often (but not always) intended to be readable, even attractive, to a human audience. Frequently, templating solutions involve a document (the template) and data.
The other answers are totally fine:
However, if you still want a typed variant, there is a built-in solution since Python 3.5.
Generic classes:
from typing import TypeVar, Generic, List
T = TypeVar('T')
class Stack(Generic[T]):
def __init__(self) -> None:
# Create an empty list with items of type T
self.items: List[T] = []
def push(self, item: T) -> None:
self.items.append(item)
def pop(self) -> T:
return self.items.pop()
def empty(self) -> bool:
return not self.items
# Construct an empty Stack[int] instance
stack = Stack[int]()
stack.push(2)
stack.pop()
stack.push('x') # Type error
Generic functions:
from typing import TypeVar, Sequence
T = TypeVar('T') # Declare type variable
def first(seq: Sequence[T]) -> T:
return seq[0]
def last(seq: Sequence[T]) -> T:
return seq[-1]
n = first([1, 2, 3]) # n has type int.
Static type checking:
You must use a static type checker
such as mypy or Pyre to analyze your source code.
Install mypy:
python3 -m pip install mypy
Analyze your source code, for example a certain file:
mypy foo.py
or directory:
mypy some_directory
mypy will detect and print type errors. A concrete output for the Stack example provided above:
foo.py:23: error: Argument 1 to "push" of "Stack" has incompatible type "str"; expected "int"
References: mypy documentation about generics and running mypy
Python uses duck typing, so it doesn't need special syntax to handle multiple types.
If you're from a C++ background, you'll remember that, as long as the operations used in the template function/class are defined on some type T
(at the syntax level), you can use that type T
in the template.
So, basically, it works the same way:
You'll note however, that unless you write explicit type checking (which is usually discouraged), you won't be able to enforce that a binary tree contains only elements of the chosen type.
Actually now you can use generics in Python 3.5+. See PEP-484 and typing module documentation.
According to my practice it is not very seamless and clear especially for those who are familiar with Java Generics, but still usable.
After coming up with some good thoughts on making generic types in python, I started looking for others who had the same idea, but I couldn't find any. So, here it is. I tried this out and it works well. It allows us to parameterize our types in python.
class List( type ):
def __new__(type_ref, member_type):
class List(list):
def append(self, member):
if not isinstance(member, member_type):
raise TypeError('Attempted to append a "{0}" to a "{1}" which only takes a "{2}"'.format(
type(member).__name__,
type(self).__name__,
member_type.__name__
))
list.append(self, member)
return List
You can now derive types from this generic type.
class TestMember:
pass
class TestList(List(TestMember)):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
test_list = TestList()
test_list.append(TestMember())
test_list.append('test') # This line will raise an exception
This solution is simplistic, and it does have it's limitations. Each time you create a generic type, it will create a new type. Thus, multiple classes inheriting List( str )
as a parent would be inheriting from two separate classes. To overcome this, you need to create a dict to store the various forms of the inner class and return the previous created inner class, rather than creating a new one. This would prevent duplicate types with the same parameters from being created. If interested, a more elegant solution can be made with decorators and/or metaclasses.
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