On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 2:59 PM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 4:51 AM, Michael Selik <michael.se...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > "File-like" is a good example. Rather than go through the frustration of > a > > formal definition for what is file-like, stay productive and flexible > with > > duck typing. Objects that don't have the appropriate methods or > attributes > > will cause a TypeError or AttributeError. If you're passing in the wrong > > kind of object, you'll find out almost as soon as you write the code > > (because you test early and often), just as you would with a statically > > analyzed type system. > > It's slightly delayed; with Python, you have to actually execute the > code path in question, whereas a static type system would detect it at > the compilation stage. So it may depend on the quality of your > testing. MyPy may be able to help there. > Depends on how long it takes to compile! https://xkcd.com/303/ :-) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
