PEP 526 - var annotations and the spirit of python
Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Sun Jul 1 21:21:21 EDT 2018
On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 22:48:00 +0400, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> not python, the spirit of python,
>
> i guess i must have been around when it was first discussed, now it's
> too late to discuss why it was introduced in the first place ...
Guido has been talking about this for a LONG time:
https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=85551
https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=86641
https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=87182
And for a perspective on why this is not only something desirable, but
something which historically dynamic languages *used to have* but lost,
see
https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/05/dynamic-languages-strike-back.html
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Steven D'Aprano
"Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing
it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson
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