Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Nobody wrote: > On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:44:20 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> One factor I don't see very often mentioned is that static typing >> increases coupling between distant parts of your code. If func() changes >> from returning int to MyInt, everything t

Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Nobody
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:44:20 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > One factor I don't see very often mentioned is that static typing > increases coupling between distant parts of your code. If func() changes > from returning int to MyInt, everything that calls func now needs to be > modified to accep

Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Roy Smith wrote: > In article <7xfvtnwsn9@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, > Paul Rubin wrote: > >> "Russ P." writes: >> > I just stumbled across this video and found it interesting: >> > http://vimeo.com/72870631 >> > My apologies if it has been posted here already. >

Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Russ P.
On Monday, September 2, 2013 1:10:34 AM UTC-7, Paul Rubin wrote: > "Russ P." writes: > > > I just stumbled across this video and found it interesting: > > > http://vimeo.com/72870631 > > > My apologies if it has been posted here already. > > > > The slides for it are here, so I didn't bother

Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Roy Smith
In article <52245df4$0$2743$c3e8da3$76491...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > One factor I don't see very often mentioned is that static typing > increases coupling between distant parts of your code. If func() changes > from returning int to MyInt, everything that calls func now n

Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Roy Smith
In article <7xfvtnwsn9@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Paul Rubin wrote: > "Russ P." writes: > > I just stumbled across this video and found it interesting: > > http://vimeo.com/72870631 > > My apologies if it has been posted here already. > > The slides for it are here, so I didn't bother watching

Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > "Russ P." writes: >> I just stumbled across this video and found it interesting: >> http://vimeo.com/72870631 >> My apologies if it has been posted here already. > > The slides for it are here, so I didn't bother watching the 1 hour video: > >

Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:10:34 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > "Russ P." writes: >> I just stumbled across this video and found it interesting: >> http://vimeo.com/72870631 >> My apologies if it has been posted here already. > > The slides for it are here, so I didn't bother watching the 1 hour > video

Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-02 Thread Paul Rubin
"Russ P." writes: > I just stumbled across this video and found it interesting: > http://vimeo.com/72870631 > My apologies if it has been posted here already. The slides for it are here, so I didn't bother watching the 1 hour video: http://gbaz.github.io/slides/hurt-statictyping-07-2013.pdf I

A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

2013-09-01 Thread Russ P.
I just stumbled across this video and found it interesting: http://vimeo.com/72870631 My apologies if it has been posted here already. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list