Re:Poor Man's Back End-as-a-Service (BaaS), Similar to Fireb...
by fer on Friday July 04, 2025 @04:56AM
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> Just to be pedantic, SQLite is not really typed. I'd call them type-hints, like in Python
Someone already chimed in for SQLite, so worth mentioning that Python is hard typed, just dynamic. Everyone has seen TypeError; you'll get that even without hints. It becomes particularly obvious when using Cython, the dynamic part is gone and you have to type your stuff manually. Type hints are indeed hints, but for your IDE, or mypy, or you (for clarity).
It's a bit like saying C++ isn't typed because you can use "auto".
Someone already chimed in for SQLite, so worth mentioning that Python is hard typed, just dynamic. Everyone has seen TypeError; you'll get that even without hints. It becomes particularly obvious when using Cython, the dynamic part is gone and you have to type your stuff manually. Type hints are indeed hints, but for your IDE, or mypy, or you (for clarity).
It's a bit like saying C++ isn't typed because you can use "auto".