[Python-Dev] Type hints -- a mediocre programmer's reaction

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Tue Apr 21 14:28:24 CEST 2015


On 21/04/2015 12:23, Gustavo Carneiro wrote:
> Well,
>
>         (i) can be done with good documentation (docstrings etc.).
>
>
> Documentation is not checked.  It often loses sync with the actual 
> code.  Docs say one thing, code does another.
That certainly something that could be fixed by formalising the 
documentation specification and having a checker check that rather than 
changing the syntax of the language...

Chris
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