On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Evan Driscoll <edrisc...@wisc.edu> wrote: > Sorry, I just subscribed to the list so am stepping in mid-conversation,
Welcome to the list! If you're curious as to what's happened, check the archives: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/ > Something like ML or Haskell, which does not even allow integer to > double promotions, is very strong typing. Something like Java, which > allows some arithmetic conversion and also automatic stringification (a > la "1" + 1) is somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. Personally I'd > put Python even weaker on account of things such as '[1,2]*2' and '1 < > True' being allowed, but on the other hand it doesn't allow "1"+1. But [1,2]*2 is operator overloading. The language doesn't quietly convert [1,2] into a number and multiply that by 2, it keeps it as a list and multiplies the list by 2. Allowing 1 < True is weaker typing. It should be noted, however, that "1 < True" is False, and "1 > True" is also False. The comparison doesn't make much sense, but it's not an error. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
