17 Jun
2022
17 Jun
'22
8:01 a.m.
OT: On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 7:35 AM Rob Cliffe
def for(bar=[] later, baz=timenow() later, bam=inc(baz) later): Not only is the second one longer and repetitious, it adds more **words**. People are used to distinguishing between words and symbols and do it easily.
You have just articulated why I find type annotations so hard to read. Back OT: add annotations to the examples, and it gets worse. I like it or not, I suspect annotations are becoming “standard” -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython