see: "only one way to do it"

Well, I'm not going to stop using Python or anything. I just think they're bad and ugly and I'm sad that more and more I'll open the source code of some library I'm using and find those "hints" littered everywhere.

I would plea that people reconsider their inclusion, but it seems like that ship set sail.

This is probably one of the fairest criticisms I've read and, honestly, I didn't even notice that when reading the PEP. Thanks for your insight.

i had a similar opinion not long ago (as in, couple of months). then i was shown what mypy can do. it's really worth it.