title: how to declare variable type, C style in python
body: <p>I'm a programming student and my teacher is starting with C to teach us the programming paradigms, he said it's ok if I deliver my homework in python (it's easier and faster for the homeworks). And I would like to have my code to be as close as possible as in plain C.<br />
  Question is:<br />
  How do I declare data types for variables in python like you do in C. ex:</p>
  <pre><code>int X,Y,Z;
  </code></pre>
  <p>I know I can do this in python:</p>
  <pre><code>x = 0
  y = 0
  z = 0
  </code></pre>
  <p>But that seems a lot of work and it misses the point of python being easier/faster than C.
  So, whats <em>the shortest way</em> to do this?<br />
  P.S. I know you don't <em>have to</em> declare the data type in python most of the time, but still I would like to do it so my code looks as much possible like classmates'.</p>