Type annotations have no effect

[Teashrock]

It shouldn't be like this, I suppose.

[klange]

Annotations are not specifically type hints; their values are arbitrary and not checked in any way by the runtime or compiler as their meaning is up to the user.

Ref Python:

Python 3.8.10 (default, Jun  2 2021, 10:49:15) 
[GCC 9.4.0] on linux
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>>> x: int = "A string!"
>>> __annotations__
{'x': <class 'int'>}
>>> def some_random_func(a_float_variable: str) -> None:
...     return int(a_float_variable)
... 
>>> some_random_func(3.1415)
3
>>> some_random_func.__annotations__
{'a_float_variable': <class 'str'>, 'return': None}

Python PEP on function annotations: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3107/

[Teashrock]

Thank you very much.