Objects for Type Hinting ************************ Various built-in types for type hinting are provided. Currently, two types exist -- GenericAlias and Union. Only "GenericAlias" is exposed to C. PyObject *Py_GenericAlias(PyObject *origin, PyObject *args) * Part of the Stable ABI since version 3.9.* Create a GenericAlias object. Equivalent to calling the Python class "types.GenericAlias". The *origin* and *args* arguments set the "GenericAlias"'s "__origin__" and "__args__" attributes respectively. *origin* should be a *PyTypeObject**, and *args* can be a *PyTupleObject** or any "PyObject*". If *args* passed is not a tuple, a 1-tuple is automatically constructed and "__args__" is set to "(args,)". Minimal checking is done for the arguments, so the function will succeed even if *origin* is not a type. The "GenericAlias"'s "__parameters__" attribute is constructed lazily from "__args__". On failure, an exception is raised and "NULL" is returned. Here's an example of how to make an extension type generic: ... static PyMethodDef my_obj_methods[] = { // Other methods. ... {"__class_getitem__", (PyCFunction)Py_GenericAlias, METH_O|METH_CLASS, "See PEP 585"} ... } See also: The data model method "__class_getitem__()". New in version 3.9. PyTypeObject Py_GenericAliasType * Part of the Stable ABI since version 3.9.* The C type of the object returned by "Py_GenericAlias()". Equivalent to "types.GenericAlias" in Python. New in version 3.9.