[Python-3000] duck typing

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

Alex Martelli <aleaxit at gmail.com> writes:

> Java's typechecking IS enforced at runtime just about each and every  
> time you cast something (I'm told the need for casting has diminished  
> with Java 1.5's generics, but I have no experience of 1.5; earlier,  
> casts abounded each time you used containers, since they contained  
> Object instances).

The same casts as before are still performed at runtime, even if the
genericized source would appear to not imply them.

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