On 07/01/2018 12:17 PM, MRAB wrote: > On 2018-07-01 18:06, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: >> was viewing pep526, so, finally, python cannot do without hinting the type >> as other languages? >> will python finally move to >> int x = 3 where int is a pre annotation? >> >> i am not arguing it's usefulness but rather, does it fit with python? >> > PEP 526 says that the annotation would be: > > x: int = 3 > > It also says """It should also be emphasized that Python will remain a > dynamically typed language, and the authors have no desire to ever make type > hints mandatory, even by convention.""
<delurk> This strikes me as syntactic noise. Python is dynamically typed and will remain so. Why clutter the language - even optionally - with stuff like this? <relurk> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list