[Python-Dev] Type hints -- a mediocre programmer's reaction

[Chris Barker]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Paul Sokolovsky <pmiscml at gmail.com> wrote:

> It does, and hope people won't be caught in "static typechecking"
> loop and consider other usages too.
>

I"m confused -- from the bit I've been skimming the discussion, over on
python-ideas, and now here, is that this is all about "static typechecking".

It's not about run-time type checking.
It's not about type-base performance optimization.
It's not about any use of annotations other than types.

What is it about other than static typechecking?

-Chris



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