Static typing

[Bjorn Pettersen]

> From: Bruno Desthuilliers [mailto:bdesth.nospam at removeme.free.fr] 
> 
> Michael Muller wrote:
> > Is there currently any plan to introduce static typing in any future
> > version of Python?  
> 
> AARGGHHHH ! NO !! DON'T DO THAT !!! NEVER AGAIN !!!!
> 
> (sorry, uncontrolable nervous reaction... 3 valiums latter... : )
> 
> > (I'm not entirely sure that "static typing" is the right
> > term: what I'm talking about is the declaration of types 
> > for variables, parameters and function return values).
> 
> This is the right term. This is also the wrong thing for Python IMHO.

Almost. It's "explicit static typing" (vs. e.g. SML which has "implicit
static typing").

> > I know there was a "types SIG" which introduced several 
> > proposals, but it expired quite a while ago, and I was 
> > wondering whether whether some consensus has been reached 
> > on the subject 
> 
> <flame-war-mode='on'>
> Yes :
> dynamic typing is good a Good Thing(tm),
> static typing is Evil(tm) !-)
> </flame-war-mode>

who:    implicit/explicit/both
when:   compile-time/run-time/both/neither
what:   check-all/check-some/check-none

choose one from each column'ly y'rs
-- bjorn