How do I type hint a method with the type of the enclosing class?

In Python, you can use the self keyword to refer to the instance of the enclosing class within a method. To type hint self with the type of the enclosing class, use Self from the typing module (Python 3.11+) or typing_extensions. Here's an example:

Type hint a method with the type of the enclosing class in Python

from typing import Self

class MyClass:
    def my_method(self: Self) -> None:
        pass

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This will type hint the my_method method to accept an instance of MyClass as its first argument, and return None. If you intended to type hint a class method instead, use @classmethod with cls: Self or cls: Type[MyClass].