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Dynamic typing and it's consequences. It's handy when you start and want to cut the amount of things you have to care (safety).
by _random_ 13y ago
Dynamic typing and it's consequences. It's handy when you start and want to cut the amount of things you have to care (safety).
- bayesianhorse 13y agoI don't care about "type safety" discussion. Hardly have I heard this argument from serious Python users at all. You won't hear Python users bitching about bugs that could have been caught by some compiler magic. I do hear programmers bitching about other compilers and their anal retentiveness though... For me type safety just isn't an issue in practice. Guido also says, and rightly so, that every moderately large project, especially in a strongly typed language, eventually implements all sorts of mechanisms for dynamic typing, even if these mechanisms are then called something else.
- _random_ 13y agoHardcore Python fans will always defend it. I am just asking to think out side of the box. http://evanfarrer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/unit-testing-isnt-enough-you-need.html http://evanfarrer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/unit-testing-isnt-e...
- bayesianhorse 13y agoHardcore Fans of static typing will always attack our state of well being. We shouldn't feel this good about Python because we are "clearly wrong". Is that it?