[Python-ideas] Structural type checking for PEP 484

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Fri Sep 18 10:15:11 CEST 2015


Sven R. Kunze writes:
 > On 17.09.2015 03:04, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
 > > Sven R. Kunze writes:

 > >   > At least for me, it's not obvious anymore when to annotate
 > >   > and when not to annote. Just a random guess depending on the
 > >   > moon phase? :(
 > >
 > > No.  There's a simple rule: if it's obvious to you that type
 > > annotation is useful, do it.  If it's not obvious you want it, you
 > > don't, and you don't do it.  You obviously are unlikely to do it for
 > > some time, if ever.  Me too.
 > 
 > I was talking about specific examples (functions and methods). You were 
 > talking about the concept as a whole if I am not completely mistaken.

Nope.  I was talking about each time you write a function.


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