# Python Types Intro { #python-types-intro }

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

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

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

      apply {
        this.authenticator = authenticator
      }

    /** Configure this client to follow redirects. If unset, redirects will be followed. */
    fun followRedirects(followRedirects: Boolean) =
      apply {
        this.followRedirects = followRedirects
      }

    /**
     * Configure this client to allow protocol redirects from HTTPS to HTTP and from HTTP to HTTPS.

<components>
	<component name="searchEngineClient" class="org.codelibs.fess.opensearch.client.SearchEngineClient">
		<property name="settings">
			{"http.cors.enabled":"true",
			 "http.cors.allow-origin":"*",
			 "discovery.type":"single-node",
			 "cluster.allocator.existing_shards_allocator.batch_enabled":"true",
			 <!--
			 "node.name":"search_engine",
			 "discovery.seed_hosts":"search_engine",

        TaskProvider<Sync> userguideFlattenSources = tasks.register("stageUserguideSource", Sync.class, task -> {
            task.setDuplicatesStrategy(DuplicatesStrategy.FAIL);

            // TODO: This doesn't allow adoc files to be generated?
            task.from(extension.getUserManual().getRoot(), sub -> {
                sub.include("**/*.adoc");
                // Flatten adocs into a single directory

      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      "Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object
      form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
      editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications

      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      "Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object
      form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
      editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications

)

// Reject new lock requests immediately when this many are queued
// for the local lock mutex.
// We do not block unlocking or maintenance, but they add to the count.
// The limit is set to allow for bursty behavior,
// but prevent requests to overload the server completely.
// Rejected clients are expected to retry.
const lockMutexWaitLimit = 1000

	*scanner
	emitDepth     int
	maxDepth      int
	emitKV        bool
	emitRecursive bool
	objectAsKVS   bool

	depth   int
	scratch *scratch
	metaCh  chan *MetaValue
	err     error

	// follow line position to add context to errors
	lineNo    int
	lineStart int64
}

// NewDecoder creates new Decoder to read JSON values at the provided
// emitDepth from the provider io.Reader.

			// Gets compacted at this level...
			path:   "bucket/dirwithalot/0",
			size:   filesBelowT,
			objs:   filesBelowT,
			oSizes: sizeHistogram{0: filesBelowT},
		},
		{
			// Gets compacted at this level (below obj threshold)...
			path:   "bucket/dirwithalot/0",
			size:   filesBelowT,
			objs:   filesBelowT,
			oSizes: sizeHistogram{0: filesBelowT},
		},
		{
			// Gets compacted at this level...

      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      "Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object
      form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
      editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications