What do you mean it is not a type bug? You've seen the fix with your own eyes. In the static language that fix would never have been needed, because the consume

What do you mean it is not a type bug? You've seen the fix with your own eyes. In the static language that fix would never have been needed, because the consumer would never have made the mistake that caused the miscalculation in the first place. Of course it is a type bug! This is along the lines of def is_valid_email(email): return str(email).contains('@') class Person: ... def __str__(self): return $"{self.name} <{self.email}>" print(is_valid_email(Person(name='Peter @ Work', email=None)))