Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint

[Pascal Costanza]

Joachim Durchholz wrote:
> Pascal Costanza wrote:
> 
>> See the example of downcasts in Java.
> 
> 
> Please do /not/ draw your examples from Java, C++, or Eiffel. Modern 
> static type systems are far more flexible and powerful, and far less 
> obtrusive than the type systems used in these languages.

This was just one obvious example in which you need a workaround to make 
the type system happy. There exist others.

> A modern type system has the following characteristics:

I know what modern type systems do.


Pascal

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