Am I missing something with Python not having interfaces?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

jmDesktop wrote:

> Studying OOP and noticed that Python does not have Interfaces.  Is
> that correct? 

Yes.

> Is my schooling for nought on these OOP concepts if I 
> use Python.  Am I losing something if I don't use the "typical" oop
> constructs found in other languages (Java, C# come to mind.)  I'm
> afraid that if I never use them I'll lose them and when I need them
> for something beside Python, I'll be lost.  Thank you.

No. There has been a discussion of interfaces and their value/reason for
existance recently:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/95e99a5dae495209/647693537ef98068?lnk=raot

Besides, at least for java (didn't do much in C#) you sure will miss on
generators, metaclasses, multiple inheritance, higher-order functions and
such if going there from python. Which I personally consider a much greater
loss and annoyance than a crutch needed in statically typed languages.

Diez