Re: Python (was Re: Recent history of vi)

"Peter J. Holzer" <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Dec 2025 13:48:27 +0100

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On 2025-12-21 04:25:26 +0000, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:12:49 +0000, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> > I would say that although Python does have some aspects of strong
> > typing, it is mostly weakly typed.
> 
> Type hints sort of address that.

Type hints add static typing (and only for linters, not for the
interpreter). I don't think they make the typing stronger.

> Like TypeScript there is a temptation to say  'foo: Any' to preserve
> duck typing.

True.

        hjp

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