🔒 how do i annonate an alterantive `__init__`

[civic field]

so i have a class session and i have its init thats just makeing instance vars from inputs
i have a class method that should be a login alterantive instance maker what shoud i annotate the return as?

[willow pumice]

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[civic field]

how do i annonate an alterantive __init__

[unkempt kettle]

It returns an instance of your class. So use your class name as the return type.

Alternatively, ditch all the type annotations altogether.

They are ignored at run-time in any case.

[civic field]

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