Python has support for optional "type hints" (also called "type annotations").

These **"type hints"** or annotations are a special syntax that allow declaring the <abbr title="for example: str, int, float, bool">type</abbr> of a variable.

By declaring types for your variables, editors and tools can give you better support.

     *            dominant data.
     * @param hints A set of key-value pairs that customized merger implementations can use to carry domain-specific
     *            information along, may be <code>null</code>.
     */
    public void merge(
            org.apache.maven.model.Model target,
            org.apache.maven.model.Model source,
            boolean sourceDominant,
            Map<?, ?> hints) {

        Map<Object, Object> hints = new HashMap<>();
        String childPath = child.getProperties().getOrDefault(CHILD_DIRECTORY_PROPERTY, child.getArtifactId());
        hints.put(CHILD_DIRECTORY, childPath);
        hints.put(MavenModelMerger.CHILD_PATH_ADJUSTMENT, getChildPathAdjustment(child, parent, childPath));
        return merger.merge(child, parent, false, hints);
    }

    /**

 {{{https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Plugin+migration+to+Maven3+dependencies} Plugin migration to Maven3 dependencies}}

- Kube-scheduler implements scheduling hints for the VolumeRestriction plugin.
  Scheduling hints allow the scheduler to retry scheduling Pods that were previously rejected by the VolumeRestriction plugin if a new pvc added, and the pvc belongs to pod. ([#125280](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125280), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Scheduling and Storage]
- Kube-scheduler implements scheduling hints for the VolumeZone plugin.

And will also be used in the API docs inside each *path operation* that needs them:

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## Editor support

In your editor, inside your function you will get type hints and completion everywhere (this wouldn't happen if you received a `dict` instead of a Pydantic model):

<img src="/img/tutorial/body/image03.png">

You also get error checks for incorrect type operations:

# Introduction aux Types Python

Python supporte des annotations de type (ou *type hints*) optionnelles.

Ces annotations de type constituent une syntaxe spéciale qui permet de déclarer le <abbr title="par exemple : str, int, float, bool">type</abbr> d'une variable.

En déclarant les types de vos variables, cela permet aux différents outils comme les éditeurs de texte d'offrir un meilleur support.

- Kube-scheduler implemented scheduling hints for the `NodeAffinity` plugin. The scheduling hints allowed the scheduler to only retry scheduling a Pod that had been previously rejected by the `NodeAffinity` plugin if a new Node or a Node update matched the Pod's node affinity. ([#122309](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/122309), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory))

 *
 * @param <K> the type of keys used by the maps under test
 * @param <V> the type of mapped values used the maps under test
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
// TODO: Descriptive assertion messages, with hints as to probable fixes.
// TODO: Add another constructor parameter indicating whether the class under test is ordered, and
// check the order if so.
// TODO: Refactor to share code with SetTestBuilder etc.
@GwtCompatible

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FastAPI is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python based on standard Python type hints.

The key features are:

* **Fast**: Very high performance, on par with **NodeJS** and **Go** (thanks to Starlette and Pydantic). [One of the fastest Python frameworks available](#performance).