Hallöchen! Matthias Kaeppler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [...] > > Another thing which is really bugging me about this whole > dynamically typing thing is that it seems very error prone to me: > > foo = "some string!" > > # ... > > if (something_fubar): > fo = "another string" > > Oops, the last 'o' slipped, now we have a different object and the > interpreter will happily continue executing the flawed program. > > I really see issues with this, can anyone comment on this who has > been working with Python more than just a day (like me)? There are even a couple of further checks which don't happen (explicitly) in a dynamic language like Python, and which do happen in most statically typed languages like C++. And yes, they are a source of programming mistakes. However, in everyday programming you don't feel this. I don't make more difficult-to-find mistakes in Python than I used to make in my C++ code. But what you do feel is the additional freedom that the dynamic approach gives to you. Basically it's a matter of taste and purpose whether you want to be controlled heavily or not. Python is particularly liberal, which I appreciate very much. Tschö, Torsten. -- Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus ICQ 264-296-646 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
