[Python-Dev] Is static typing still optional?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Brett Cannon writes:

 > I wouldn't characterize it as "big questions". For some people there's a
 > question as to how to make them work without type hints, but otherwise how
 > they function is settled.

Recently a question has been raised about the decorator overriding
methods defined in the class (especially __repr__).  People feel that
if the class defines a method, the decorator should not override it.
The current API requires passing "repr=false" to the decorator.