The fact that the colon and right arrow in a Python annotation are, for the interpreter, a no-op, is insanely confusing to a newbie or just a generalist. It is compounded by how it would have made much more sense to reserve keywords in their places, so instead of
def foo( a : "fruit", b : Color) -> Pineapple:
you could have used reserved names:
def foo( a expects "fruit", b expects Color) returns Pineapple:
Which is a lot more readable in the way Python is meant to be. Good Python code reads more like prose than software, and the former prevents that from happening at all.