[Python-3000] duck typing
Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
qrczak at knm.org.pl
Sun May 7 19:50:14 CEST 2006
Alex Martelli <aleaxit at gmail.com> writes:
> Java's typechecking IS enforced at runtime just about each and every
> time you cast something (I'm told the need for casting has diminished
> with Java 1.5's generics, but I have no experience of 1.5; earlier,
> casts abounded each time you used containers, since they contained
> Object instances).
The same casts as before are still performed at runtime, even if the
genericized source would appear to not imply them.
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