Automatic casting for hydra.utils.initialize based on type hints

[jonasteuwen]

Currently, if we have a class such as:

class Test:
    def __init__(self, params: tuple[float, float], other_param: float):
         pass

We can have the following YAML config

_target_: Test
_partial_: true
params:
  - 1
  - 2

Now currently, that will be parsed as a ListConfig of a list[int, int], rather than a tuple[float, float]. Would there be any disadvantages to allowing hydra.utils.initialize to read the function type hints and automatically cast them (given a predefined class)?

Another way to do this would also be greatly appreciated.