Why is return type in getfullspec().annotations named as "return"?

andrew cooke · Apr 3, 2011

This conflicts with any parameter named "return". Wouldn't it have been better to use "->" as the key? Is there any way this can be changed?

Andrew

Steven D'Aprano · Apr 3, 2011

This conflicts with any parameter named "return". Wouldn't it have been
better to use "->" as the key? Is there any way this can be changed?

Can you give an example of a function with a parameter named return?

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