- Glossary- V
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- variable annotation
- An *annotation* of a variable or a class attribute.
- When annotating a variable or a class attribute, assignment is
- optional:
- class C:
- field: 'annotation'
- Variable annotations are usually used for *type hints*: for example
- this variable is expected to take "int" values:
- count: int = 0
- Variable annotation syntax is explained in section Annotated
- assignment statements.
- See *function annotation*, **PEP 484** and **PEP 526**, which
- describe this functionality. Also see Annotations Best Practices
- for best practices on working with annotations.
- virtual environment
- A cooperatively isolated runtime environment that allows Python
- users and applications to install and upgrade Python distribution
- packages without interfering with the behaviour of other Python
- applications running on the same system.
- See also "venv".
- virtual machine
- A computer defined entirely in software. Python's virtual machine
- executes the *bytecode* emitted by the bytecode compiler.
- The Complete Guide to Python Virtual Environments!
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