Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint

[Marshall Spight]

"Pascal Costanza" <costanza at web.de> wrote in message news:bn8nhq$l04$1 at f1node01.rhrz.uni-bonn.de...
>
> In a statically typed language, when I write a test case that calls a
> specific method, I need to write at least one class that implements at
> least that method, otherwise the code won't compile.
>
> In a dynamically typed language I can concentrate on writing the test
> cases first and don't need to write dummy code to make some arbitrary
> static checker happy.

This is a non-issue. In both cases, you need the implementing code
if you want to be able to run the testcase, and you don't need the
implementing code if you don't.


Marshall