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I think by insisting to view it only as a boolean thing is very limiting. By that measure, are the type safety hints of Python not really giving any type safet
by taeric 3y ago
I think by insisting to view it only as a boolean thing is very limiting. By that measure, are the type safety hints of Python not really giving any type safety? Just give up and go home, as it were? :D
I'm sympathetic to the points, I think. But I also don't have a problem with someone pushing for some type safety as long as you avoid actively trying to go against it.
- kiitos 3y ago> By that measure, are the type safety hints of Python not really giving any type safety? If we're talking compile-time, then: yes, absolutely! Type hinting doesn't provide type safety, because type safety isn't a spectrum.
- throwaway46281 3y agoTo me it's pretty clear that safety is a spectrum (e.g. we give cars safety ratings), and therefore so is type safety. Is "type safety" something you saw defined in a PL book or something, which has a more rigid definition to you?