Being able to lock down known interfaces can be beneficial, while leaving the rest open. Optional typing also lets you ignore the type hints when you really kno

Being able to lock down known interfaces can be beneficial, while leaving the rest open. Optional typing also lets you ignore the type hints when you really know what you want to do. > "static typing only catches trivial errors" To be honest I've not seen that sentiment very often, and it's definitely not something I agree with.