You will, the type could be Union[int, float]. Alternatively, you could also use the abstract base classes in the numbers module - https://docs.python.org/3/li

You will, the type could be Union[int, float]. Alternatively, you could also use the abstract base classes in the numbers module - https://docs.python.org/3/library/numbers.html https://docs.python.org/3/library/numbers.html numbers.Number may be a good choice. Still, you are right, overloading like this may be okay as a thought exercise, but would raise some serious questions during a code review. :)