On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsali...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:13 AM, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 21/04/2011 15:14, Westley Martínez wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 05:19:29PM +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Algis Kabaila<akaba...@pcug.org.au> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> False: Python IS strongly typed, without doubt (though the >>>>> variables are not explicitly declared.) >>>>> >>>> >>>> Strongly duck-typed though. If I create a class that has all the right >>>> members, it can simultaneously be a file, an iterable, a database, and >>>> probably even a web browser if it feels like it. Is that strong typing >>>> or not? >>>> >>>> Chris Angelico >>>> -- >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >>>> >>> >>> It's strong typing. Python does not implicitly convert types. Weak >>> typing is >>> when I can do 1 + "1" and get 2. >>> >> >> It could be argued that it does implicit convert for some numeric >> types, eg int to float when needed. > > > Yes, it'll silently promote int to float, int to Decimal, and also almost > anything can be used in a Boolean context. No other exceptions to strong > typing come to mind... > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > Hi: Really nice site, keep it going -- Still Going Strong!!!
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