[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Overall I agree with you and would like to have OPTIONAL static type > declarations in Python, as has often been discussed. But without > facilities for generic programming, such as templates in C++, static > type declarations can force one to duplicate a LOT of code, with one > sorting routine each for integer, floats, strings, etc.
I don't see that big a problem. The current Python sorting routine operates on instances of class "object" and calls the __cmp__ method to do comparisons. Every class of sortable objects either defines a __cmp__ method or inherits one from some superclass, and sort calls those methods. Static type declarations would not require writing any additional sorting routines. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
