Christopher Barker writes:
> Also: Static type checking is optional in Python. There are those of us
> that are not convinced that static type checking is or should be a Python
> best practice.
Why would you be? Nobody (sane senior core) is advocating annotations
as a Python-wide best practic
On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 at 01:41, Christopher Barker
wrote:
> Static type analysis is still experimental in Python.
>
It's not. This is simply false. Type *annotations* are a standard part of
the language, supported by language syntax, a standard library module, and
a series of PEPs describing vario
I’m sorry that my typing-skepticism came across too strong, but while the
tone and language revealed my personal view, I still think the points were
correct.
Paul: I didn’t say annotations were experimental. I said “static typing” is
— and I really think it still is, though “immature” is a better
On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 at 19:36, Christopher Barker
wrote:
> I’m sorry that my typing-skepticism came across too strong, but while the
> tone and language revealed my personal view, I still think the points were
> correct.
>
> Paul: I didn’t say annotations were experimental. I said “static typing”
