Python types

[Ben Finney]

"Salvatore" <salvatore.didio at wanadoo.fr> writes:

> I've read several articles where it's said that Python is weakly
> typed.  I'm a little surprised. All objects seem to have a perfectly
> defined type
>
> Am i wrong?

You're right. All Python values are strongly typed; they don't, in
general, change their type; and operations between values of
mismatched types are not allowed.

A more recent distinction than "strong" vs "weak" typing, is "dynamic"
vs "static" typing.

    "Typing: Strong vs. Weak, Static vs. Dynamic"
    <URL:http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=7590>

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Ben Finney