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Trait Bounds

Hard +4 pts

🎯 In Python, function signatures don't constrain what types are allowed:

def largest(items): return max(items) # works if items support comparison, crashes if not largest([3, 1, 4]) # 4 largest(["a", "c", "b"]) # "c" largest([{}, {}]) # TypeError at runtime

You find out about type mismatches when the code runs. Type hints help, but they're advisory:

from typing import TypeVar T = TypeVar("T", bound=Comparable) def largest(items: list[T]) -> T: return max(items)

Rust's trait bounds serve the …

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