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Python, type hints, and future annotations
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Intro to Using Python Type Hints
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| | Type hinting was added to the Python standard library starting in version 3.5. Python, being a dynamically typed language, does not enforce data types. Howev...
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Why I started using Python type annotations - and why you should too - Florimond Manca
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| | Type hints add optional static typing to Python 3.5+, and I love them. I now use annotated variables throughout my projects.
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Why I started using Python type annotations - and why you should too - Florimond Manca
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| | Type hints add optional static typing to Python 3.5+, and I love them. I now use annotated variables throughout my projects.
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The Long-Term Problem With Dynamically Typed Languages | Chad Austin
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| This may be the only time I weigh in on the static vs. dynamic typing discussion. Each side has its extreme proponents, and people differ in their ability and desire to work in systems with implicit invariants. Many years ago, back when Java and C++ were the Mainstream Languages and Python was the shiny new up-and-comer, I read Bruce Eckel's arguments in support of dynamically typed languages, and some of the nonobvious (at the time) ways you can get more done at higher quality in a more flexible languag...