[Python-Dev] Is static typing still optional?

[Chris Barker - NOAA Federal]

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I see a couple of options:
1a: Use a default type annotation, if one is not is supplied. typing.Any
would presumably make the most sense.
1b: Use None if not type is supplied.
2: Rework the code to not require annotations at all.

I think I'd prefer 1a, since it's easy.


2) would be great :-)

I find this bit of “typing creep” makes me nervous— Typing should Never be
required!

I understand that the intent here is that the user could ignore typing and
have it all still work. But I’d rather is was not still there under the
hood.

Just because standardized way to do something is included in core Python
doesn’t mean the standard library has to use it.

However, typing is not currently imported by dataclasses.py.


And there you have an actual reason besides my uneasiness :-)

- CHB
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