Feature Wish: add typing information

[9y2070m]

Hi there,

I love your package to get existing .NET dlls into my python code.
It would be great if there is a possibility to add type hints to your package.
https://peps.python.org/pep-0484/

Thanks and BR
Thomas

[jborbely]

Certainly (and this has been something to do for a while).

The issue right now is that msl-loadlib still supports Python 2.7 and the Suggested syntax for Python 2.7 and straddling code is a bit annoying and I haven't been sure on how many type checkers and IDE's would properly support a # type: comment anymore.

Supporting EOL Python versions is also getting increasingly more difficult for CI tools as well.

Ideally what should be done is release a version that still supports 2.7 and 3.5+, then only support 3.8+ and implement more modern builtin features (such as typing), remove 2.7 and 3.x compatibility code and then release another version (perhaps nothing new code wise -- just cleaner, more user friendly and easier to maintain).

[9y2070m]

I am not that experienced but I can try to offer you some support 😄