>>>>> "Martin" == Martin v Löwis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >> Hello. Please tell me whether this feature request is sane (and not >> done before) for python so it can be posted to the python-dev mailing >> list. I should say first that I am not a professional programmer with >> too much technical knowledge. > I believe it has been requested before, but I'm too lazy now to search > for prior discussion. I remember the benevolent dictator's blogs on this. Googling for "optional static typing" brought up these references: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=85551 http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=87182 and an older one: http://www.python.org/~guido/static-typing/ > The request is sane, but is also incomplete: there > is no syntax suggested for the actual declarations of local variables, > and no discussion whether this is meant to apply to local variables > only, or also to global variables and object attributes. None of the above links talk about variable declarations but object attributes are considered. Ganesan -- Ganesan Rajagopal -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
