Is duck-typing misnamed?

[Ben Finney]

cs at zip.com.au writes:

> They want to burn her because she's supposedly a witch, but the
> scientific test was that she weighed as much as a duck. So I think
> your second example is also duck typing: functioning like a duck.

Excellent reasoning!

(Also, I agree that describing objects with “looks like a witch” brings
repressive social context, both historical and present-day, that should
not be encouraged. I'd prefer that the Python community refrain from
that.)

Let's stick to the term “duck typing”.

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Ben Finney