optional static typing for Python

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Russ P. a écrit :
> A while back I came across a tentative proposal from way back in 2000
> for optional static typing in Python:
> 
(snip)

> In any case, optional static typing in Python would help tremendously
> here. The hardest part of automated conversion of Python to a
> statically typed language is the problem of type inference. If the
> types are explicitly declared, that problem obviously goes away.

(snip)

> Note also that, while "static" type checking would be ideal,
> "explicit" typing would be a major step in the right direction

Lord have mercy(tm).