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On 03.08.2016 03:15, Gregory P. Smith wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:14 PM Guido van
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you respond so vehemently to `a: float`?<br>
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<div>First reaction. It doesn't actually seem too bad now.
It is already legal to just say `a` as a statement so this
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<div><span style="line-height:1.5">is already legal. So `a:
List[float]` would at least be meaningful rather than a
meaningless statement that any linter should question. :)</span></div>
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That's legal? To me that seems like a syntax/name error.<br>
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