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TylerE
6y ago
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Python with static typing wouldn't be python. It wouldn't even be python-adjacent.
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weberc2
6y ago
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Python has had static types for years.
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/
TylerE
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6y ago
Yes, because optional annotations are totally the same thing as changing the languages basic functionality.
weberc2
6y ago
Oof, that’s quite a take. Static type checkers by definition
don’t
change the language’s functionality; they merely check the types.
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