Python’s “type hints” are a bit of a disappointment to me

Re:Python’s “type hints” are a bit of a disappointment to me by ledauphin on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:08PM (#31116287)

I'm very confused by your response. Where did I suggest that I don't like type systems or think automated tooling is not useful?

It's precisely because I do like and use them that I find Python's static type hints to be extremely useful for large Python codebases.

What I hear you saying is "Python does not offer these things". What I hope you hear me saying is "Python does, in fact, offer these things".

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Re:Python’s “type hints” are a bit of a disappointment to me by the_af on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:24PM (#31116413)

Well, you did frame the discussion as:

> I think your (and the article's) argument could be summarized as "static type annotations without automated enforcement by actually running a type checker considered harmful"

It illustrates your mindset, in my opinion. I think type annotations without checking them (or without a satisfying implementation of said type checking) are mostly pointless.

You also left out the part where I remarked on the dismissive tone of your reply.

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