syntax difference

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 11:10:55 -0700, Rick Johnson wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> Bart Wrote:
>> > So what's a Type Hint associated with in Python?
>> Since it is a type *hint*, not a type *declaration*, the interpreter
>> can and does ignore it.
> 
> But yet, the _programmer_ cannot ignore it.

The programmer can ignore it, just as they can ignore any other form of 
documentation. Nobody is stopping you from writing:

    result = function(the_string=42.5)

if you wish. Adding a type hint doesn't change that.



>> It makes no change at all to the execution model of the language.
> 
> Then why the *HELL* are type-hints an official part of the Python
> language syntax?

Just to annoy you.



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Steven D'Aprano
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