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A comment on gh-116167: Allow disabling the GIL. Parent comment

Re:gh-116167: Allow disabling the GIL by nick238 on Monday March 11, 2024 @05:15PM (#39673324)
Python actually has type safety though, as you can't do `'1' + 1` like in JS (not that a linter wouldn't scream at you). If I hear another "I compile <insert language> so I know it will work, but you can't do that in Python" I'll lose it. Having the compiler not complain that the types match is not effing "testing".
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Re:gh-116167: Allow disabling the GIL by scubbo on Monday March 11, 2024 @06:32PM (#39673967)
> Having the compiler not complain that the types match is not effing "testing".

It absolutely is - it's just testing at a _very_ low level of correctness, and is not sufficient for testing actual high-level functionality.

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