## Signature()


Special typing form to define literal types (a.k.a. value types).


Usage


``` python
Signature(
    self,
    *parameters,
)
```


This form can be used to indicate to type checkers that the corresponding variable or function parameter has a value equivalent to the provided literal (or one of several literals)::

    def validate_simple(data: Any) -> Literal[True]:  # always returns True
        ...

    MODE = Literal['r', 'rb', 'w', 'wb']
    def open_helper(file: str, mode: MODE) -> str:
        ...

    open_helper('/some/path', 'r')  # Passes type check
    open_helper('/other/path', 'typo')  # Error in type checker

Literal\[…\] cannot be subclassed. At runtime, an arbitrary value is allowed as type argument to Literal\[…\], but type checkers may impose restrictions.