[Numpy-discussion] Data types in Numerical Python

Andrew Dalke dalke at dalkescientific.com
Sun Oct 12 13:15:34 EDT 2008


On Oct 12, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Anne Archibald wrote:
> Python is a dynamically-typed language (unlike C), so variables do not
> have type.

Another way to think of it for C people is that all variables
have the same type, which is "reference to Python object."
It's the objects which are typed, and not the variable.

				Andrew
				dalke at dalkescientific.com





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