Python Newbie

[Mark Lawrence]

On 25/02/2013 00:08, piterrr.dolinski at gmail.com wrote:
>> For example (I believe it's already been mentioned) "declaring" intX with some integer value does *nothing* to maintain
>>
>> X as an integer:
>>
>> --> intX = 32
>>
>> --> intX = intX / 3.0
>>
>> --> intX
>>
>> 10.6666666666
>>
>
> Yes I did see that it is possible to redefine the type of a variable. But I don't think I would ever do this intentionally; need to be really careful with Python.
>
> Peter
>

Yes this is a big downside with Python.  Sadly it means us poor Python 
programmers have to waste a lot of time and effort testing our code, 
unlike those who use statically typed languages which work perfectly 
once they've been compiled.

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Cheers.

Mark Lawrence