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What is the rationale for types being part of the syntax but without shipping a built in type checker? Are we being conservative and waiting to see where the f
by gorgoiler 3y ago
What is the rationale for types being part of the syntax but without shipping a built in type checker? Are we being conservative and waiting to see where the four type checkers — mypy, pyrite, pyre, pytype, and others? — lead us before rolling one into the standard distribution?
- heavyset_go 3y agoRead the PEP for Type Hints, the rationale is laid out there. Python will probably never have a built-in type checker beyond Python's existing strong typing at runtime.