Adding static typing to Python

[Alexander Jerusalem]

That's obviously not the opinion of the members of the "The Python
type system SIG" including Guido van Rossum, otherwise they wouldn't
consider adding static types as an optional feature.

Alexander


Daniel Klein <danielk at aracnet.com> wrote in message news:<55367u4imqamlmv8ou707t40dk1jolrkmc at 4ax.com>...
> The point is that it ceases to be the same language with the same attractions
> (or flaws) depending on how you look at it.
> 
> Dan
> 
> On 19 Feb 2002 16:46:00 -0800, ajeru at vknn.org (Alexander Jerusalem) wrote:
> 
> >Daniel Klein <danielk at aracnet.com> wrote in message
>  news:<ghp47u02vceavgohdod9c8vbs9u5po91bt at 4ax.com>...
> >> Let me reverse the question: What do you think the response would be if
>  Sun
> >> was asked to drop static type checking (as well as checked exceptions).
> >> 
> >> When you can answer this, then you'll have _your_ answer.
> >> 
> >> Daniel Klein
> >
> >Well, my hope is that open source projects are more flexible than
> >bureaucracies like Sun.
> >
> >
> >Alexander