*   <li>If this field's value is some other thread object, we know that it's not our thread.
     *   <li>If this field's value == null because it originally belonged to another thread and that
     *       thread cleared it, we still know that it's not associated with our thread
     *   <li>If this field's value == null because it was associated with our thread and was
     *       cleared, we know that we're not executing inline any more
     * </ul>

{* ../../docs_src/dependencies/tutorial005_an_py310.py hl[23] *}

/// info

Notice that we are only declaring one dependency in the *path operation function*, the `query_or_cookie_extractor`.

But **FastAPI** will know that it has to solve `query_extractor` first, to pass the results of that to `query_or_cookie_extractor` while calling it.

///

```mermaid
graph TB

query_extractor(["query_extractor"])

    if (mapEntryBelowToTruncate != null) {
      // we know ( [
      RangeMapEntry<K, V> rangeMapEntry = mapEntryBelowToTruncate.getValue();
      if (rangeMapEntry.getUpperBound().compareTo(rangeToRemove.lowerBound) > 0) {
        // we know ( [ )
        if (rangeMapEntry.getUpperBound().compareTo(rangeToRemove.upperBound) > 0) {
          // we know ( [ ] ), so insert the range ] ) back into the map --

{* ../../docs_src/dependencies/tutorial001_an_py310.py hl[9] *}

But then we get a `dict` in the parameter `commons` of the *path operation function*.

And we know that editors can't provide a lot of support (like completion) for `dict`s, because they can't know their keys and value types.

We can do better...

## What makes a dependency { #what-makes-a-dependency }

Up to now you have seen dependencies declared as functions.

This dependency will provide a `str` that is assigned to the parameter `token` of the *path operation function*.

**FastAPI** will know that it can use this dependency to define a "security scheme" in the OpenAPI schema (and the automatic API docs).

/// info | Technical Details

   
   *Please let us know if this helps.*
   
windows_comment: >
   From the stack trace it looks like you are hitting windows path length limit.
      * Try to disable path length limit on Windows 10.
        * Refer [disable path length limit instructions guide.](https://mspoweruser.com/ntfs-260-character-windows-10/)
   

You could still use most of the features in **FastAPI** with the knowledge from the main [Tutorial - User Guide](../tutorial/index.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

    for (LoadingCache<Object, Object> cache : caches()) {
      cache.getUnchecked(1);
      cache.getUnchecked(2);

      Set<Object> keys = cache.asMap().keySet();
      // We don't know whether these are still in the cache, so we can't assert on the return
      // values of these removes, but the cache should be empty after the removes, regardless.
      keys.remove(1);
      keys.remove(2);

    for (LoadingCache<Object, Object> cache : caches()) {
      cache.getUnchecked(1);
      cache.getUnchecked(2);

      Set<Object> keys = cache.asMap().keySet();
      // We don't know whether these are still in the cache, so we can't assert on the return
      // values of these removes, but the cache should be empty after the removes, regardless.
      keys.remove(1);
      keys.remove(2);

// just nice to know that it compiles.
void* create(TF_OpKernelConstruction* ctx) {
  TF_DataType type;
  TF_Status* s = TF_NewStatus();
  TF_OpKernelConstruction_GetAttrType(ctx, "foobar", &type, s);
  TF_DeleteStatus(s);
  return NULL;
}

// A compute function. This will never actually get called in this test, it's
// just nice to know that it compiles.