[Python-ideas] PEP 484 (Type Hints) -- first draft round

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Ed Kellett <edk141 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Type checking will either fail, or become ubiquitous to the point that
> passing type checking is a prerequisite to being considered "good" for any
> Python module. Should the latter happen, I'll have to break my code for past
> or future Python versions, no?

If that ever does happen, it won't be for a very VERY long time. So
you would have the choice between breaking your code for <=3.4 or for
>=4.7 or something. Is that really so likely?

ChrisA