Allow use of `Required` and `NotRequired` to make an existing typed dict total or optional
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I think the ability of indicating that a typed dict requires all keys or that all are optional would be very useful.
For example to allow defining default values for a particular dict or to return a dict that has been completely assigned from a function
A simple example
class A(TypedDict):
a: int
b: int
ADefault = {'a': 1, 'b': 42}
def optionalA(v: NotRequired[A]) -> A:
return ADefault | v
optionalA({'a': 11}) # ok since all keys of NotRequired[A] are optional
class X(TypedDict, total=False):
x: str
y: str
XDefault: X = {"x": "xv", "y": "yv"}
def withXDefault(v: X) -> Required[X]:
return XDefault | v
withXDefault({"x": "foo"})["y"] # ok since all keys of Required[X] are required
This idea is inspired by the analogous types in typescript Required and Partial that are in general very convenient.
I think it makes sense having the same behaviour of the typescript counterparts:
NotRequired[X]is a no op, since X is defined astotal=False. Same forRequired[A].Required/NotRequiredwould include all keys of the typed dict and all its superclasses. This differs from howtotalworks. Example:class TD1(TypedDict): a: int class TD2(TypedDict, total=False): b: int TDR = Required[TD2] # b becomes required TDNR = NotRequired[TD2] # a becomes not requiredRequired/NotRequiredused inline in the TypedDict are not taken into consideration, so the end result is the same independently of how the typed dict is defined
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