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Re:Numpy: Plan for dropping Python 2.7 support by SatvikBeri on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @05:41PM (#15708622)
Optional type annotations did it for me - I don't usually use them, but I find them very helpful on a few types of tasks.
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Re:Numpy: Plan for dropping Python 2.7 support by Figs on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @06:37PM (#15709077)
Could you please elaborate on this?
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Re:Numpy: Plan for dropping Python 2.7 support by leshow on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @07:52PM (#15709424)
You can write type annotations in 3. The benefits there are the same that come with most optional typing. https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html
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