Is this a good idea or a waste of time?

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <1156449402.022781.292840 at p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>, asincero
wrote:

>     def foo(a, b, c, d):
>        assert type(a) == str
>        assert type(b) == str
>        assert type(c) == int
>        assert type(d) == bool
>        # rest of function follows
> 
> This is something I miss from working with more stricter languages like
> C++, where the compiler will tell you if a parameter is the wrong type.
>  If anything, I think it goes a long way towards the code being more
> self documenting.  Or is this a waste of time and not really "the
> Python way"?

Not really the Python way I'd say.  What if `c` is of type `long` for
instance?  Your code would stop with an assertion error for a value that
should work.  Strict type checking prevents "duck typing" which is a quite
fundamental concept in Python.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch