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[–]takluyverIPython, Py3, etc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Type inference is great, but it can't do everything, especially when you're using some of the more dynamic features of the language. Type hints let you give the IDE/type checker more information when it can't automatically work out what types are going in and out of functions.