Philippe Fremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Enforcing types also brings the benefit that the program is more > deterministic. In my experience, there is a lot more benefits to have > an object whose type is clearly identified than to have function that > accepts generic objects. > > > I would go as far as saying that variables should have immutable > types.
If you really believe this, then I would go as far as saying that you would be happier in a language other than Python. > It is more restricting that what python provides currently, but > leads to clearer programming practice: the intent of the developer > shows up in the type he uses. Not in my opinion or experience. To each his own, and vice versa. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
