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

[Paul Sokolovsky]

Hello,

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 08:05:59 -0700
Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:

> On Apr 20 2015, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Maybe it'd be of value to have a quick "code stripper" that takes
> > away all the annotations, plus any other junk/framing that you're
> > not interested in, and gives you something you can browse in a text
> > editor?
> 
> If you need to preprocess your source code to make it suitable for
> human consumption something is very wrong with your language design.
> I can't believe you're seriously suggesting this.

I'm sure that was irony, d'oh. Just as my suggestion to have stickers
"This system runs free of type annotations" for the most zealous
anti-annotations folks.

The proposed type annotations are very readable. Not as readable as C's
type syntax, but ok. Sorry, irony again. I remember myself as a
10-years old kid, trying to wrap my head about C's types syntax, and
not getting anything of it. So, please contrast it to C - PEP484 gives
very readable syntax, and even both human- and machine-readable. If you
feel like writing 3-story type annotation, just resist the temptation,
"Any" is your best friend. 


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