"no variable or argument declarations are necessary."

[Steve Holden]

Christophe wrote:
> Fredrik Lundh a écrit :
> 
>>"Christophe" wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>It's more of a "Nearly too late" type checking I would say. Not that I
>>>complain but it would be great if there were also some automatic type
>>>checking to catch a few errors as soon as possible.
>>
>>
>>use assert as the soonest possible point.  implementing "type gates" is
>>trivial, if you think you need them.
> 
> 
> Still, it would be great if there were also some automatic type checking 
>   in place. Using assert is hardly automatic and non intrusive.
> 
> I mean, why not ? Why does the compiler let me do that when you know 
> perfectly that that code is incorrect :
> def f():
>       return "a" + 5
> 
> Of course the system can't be perfect but it doesn't need to be. It 
> doesn't need to constrain us in any way but if it can detect some errors 
> early, then it is worth it.

While this is a perfectly acceptable feature request, we should remember 
that Python is developed and maintained by a volunteer team. Do we 
*really* want them spending their time adding "features" like this?

regards
  Steve
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