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"With dynamic typing, the runtime will not warn you, which means you won't know until some crap data comes and your code chokes. With static typing, you are for

• toyg 10y ago
  > See what I did there? Confused your terminology? With static typing, the compiler will warn you, not the runtime. Regardless, the difference is that in practice, file-handling boundary calls don't need to be as flexible as internal interfaces, and it's obviously much more difficult to figure out what The Right Thing To Do is in the latter case (or whether there is a Right Thing at all, in a lot of cases). How many times do you need to change the encoding you use for writing files? How many times do you change an internal class or type? They are totally different ballgames. > I found your comment unbearably rude, condescending and arrogant Apologies, but after 8 years and countless hours of bickering on this point, patience can wear really, really thin.
  • Radim 10y ago
    Have you considered that if you find yourself debating for 8 years without success, you're debating the wrong side? :) Yes, Python 3 is an improvement over Python 2. I like Python 3. No, Python 2's unicode support was fine, contrary to OP's claim.