[Types-sig] Re: Pascal style declarations

[Christian Tismer]

> I'm still trying to get a _declaration_ into the signature, e.g., using your
> assert:
> 
> def f(x assert int) assert string :
>     a = x
>     #... stuff
>     return str(x) + g(x)
> 
> In other words, "assert" is a synonym for Pascal's ":"!  :-)

Sure, while not mentioning, it was obvious to do this
since I proposed a textual replacement for "as" :-)

assert is also a synonym for VB's "as" but don't tell 'em :-=

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