Python type hinting, output type depends on input type

Question

Consider the following function

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import typing
def make_list(el : typing.Any):
    return [el, el]

How do I hint that it returns

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typing.List[type(el)]

Answer 1

That's what TypeVar is for:

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from typing import TypeVar, List

T = TypeVar('T')

def make_list(el: T) -> List[T]:
    return [el, el]