PEP 285: Adding a bool type

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

In article <mailman.1018339899.2981.python-list at python.org>, Christian
Tanzer wrote:
[snip]
>There are several dimensions to typing, including:
>
>- static vs. dynamic
>
>- strong vs. weak
>
[snip]
>
>Another important point with typing is whether typing applies to
>variables or to objects. In Python, objects are (strongly) typed, not
>variables. Thinking `variable` when considering typing (or objects in
>general) will not work very well in Python.

Hm. I thought this was what dynamic typing was all about, i.e. having
typed values but untyped variables/parameters (which means that
variable types need not be determined statically, at compile time)...
What am I missing here?

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