Are there 'Interfaces' in Python??

[Markus Schaber]

Hi,

Laurent Szyster <laurent.szyster at q-survey.be> schrub:

>> That is correct. In a lot of cases, such interfaces are a helpful
>> instrument to find bugs, because they force such agreements. But the
>> way they are implemented in Java, those are not as flexible as
>> someone could wish it in some cases. Python doesn't enforce anything,
>> thus the programmer has to know what he does - but he also can do
>> whatever he wants because he knows what he does.
> 
> The last part of your last sentence is a nice quote to promote
> Python vs. Java:
> 
>   "(with Python) the programmer has to know what he does - but he
>    also can do whatever he wants because he knows what he does"

Well - maybe. But the same applies to C void pointers, and the sentence 
"with C void pointers, the programmer has to know what he does - but he 
also can do whatever he wants because he knows what he does" doesn't 
really sound like promotion for C :-)

markus
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