General

VB has the concept of a user Type. A user can define a Type which can then be used to define variables which have one or more properties, each with its own type. The closest Python equivalent is a bare class. VB User Types are converted to bare classes with the appropriate properties. When a user Type is used, an istance of the class is created in the Python code.

Class properties are defined in an __init__ method to avoid having mutable class properties.

Default Conversion

Type Point
    X As Single
    Y As Single
End Type
'
Type Line2D
    Start As Point
    Finish As Point
End Type
'
Dim p1 As Point, p2 As Point
p1.X = 10
p1.Y = 20
p2.X = 30
p3.Y = 40
'
Dim l1 As Line2D
l1.Start = p1
l1.Finish = p2

    """
    
    """

    class Point:
        def __init__(self):
            self.X = Single()
            self.Y = Single()

    class Line2D:
        def __init__(self):
            self.Start = Point()
            self.Finish = Point()

    p1 = Point()
    p2 = Point()
    l1 = Line2D()

    p1.X = 10
    p1.Y = 20
    p2.X = 30
    p3.Y = 40
    #
    l1.Start = p1
    l1.Finish = p2

List of Options

There are no options specific to the Type statement.