No. Python now has static type checking and IDE auto-complete support. All
you have to do is put the type name in the function declaration.
On Oct 11, 2015 3:45 PM, "Matt Wheeler" <m...@funkyhat.org> wrote:
> On 9 October 2015 at 17:26, John Michael Lafayette
> <johnmichaelreed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like Python to have a strong typing feature that can co-exist
> with
> > the current dynamic typing system. Currently Python is like this:
> >
> > var animal = Factory.make("dog") # okay.
> > var dog = Factory.make("dog") # okay.
> > var cat = Factory.make("dog") # are you sure?
> >
> > I would like Python to also be able to also do this:
> >
> > Animal a = Factory.make("dog") # okay. Dog is Animal.
> > Dog d = Factory.make("dog") # okay. Dog is Dog.
> > Cat c = Factory.make("cat") # Runtime error. Dog is not
> Cat.
>
> Though it's intended for performance optimisation rather than simply
> static typing for static typing's sake, you could probably use Cython
> to achieve what you want...
>
> ...but then you might start to see the benefits of dynamic typing :)
>
>
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