*
   * <p>It's acceptable for the underlying multimap to contain null keys, and even null values
   * provided that the function is capable of accepting null input. The transformed multimap might
   * contain null values, if the function sometimes gives a null result.
   *
   * <p>The returned multimap is not thread-safe or serializable, even if the underlying multimap

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**FastAPI** is all based on these type hints, they give it many advantages and benefits.

But even if you never use **FastAPI**, you would benefit from learning a bit about them.

!!! note
    If you are a Python expert, and you already know everything about type hints, skip to the next chapter.

## Motivation

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