"type hint" meaning in English

See type hint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: type hints [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} type hint (plural type hints)
  1. (programming) An instance of type hinting: the specification of a data type in an otherwise untyped language. Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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