I think such tests are pretty useless regardless of language. If you work on say a banking system testing whether getBankingStatement() returns something of typ

I think such tests are pretty useless regardless of language. If you work on say a banking system testing whether getBankingStatement() returns something of type string is a waste of time. It just slows you down when you refactor its return value to a BankingStmt instance. While testing what happens in low memory conditions when a user simultaneously deposits and withdraws while another user issues a charge back against them is extremely useful.