dynamic type variable

[Paddy]

On Jan 21, 2:37 am, "J. Peng" <jp... at block.duxieweb.com> wrote:
> Python's variable is dynamic type,is it?
> But why this can't work?
>
> >>> 3 + 'a'
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'
>
> So I see the number 3 can't be converted to string type automacially.

Hi,
You are probably confusing Dynamic typing with Weak typing.
Python is both dynamically and strongly typed. Perl is
both dynamically and weakly typed. It is Perls weak typing
that allows automatic conversion between dissimilar types.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system

- Paddy.