alt Hacker NewsI can't help but find type hints in python to be..goofy? I have a colleague who has a substantial C++ background and now working in python, the code is just littered with TypeAlias, Generic, cast, long Unions etc.. this can't be the way..
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wiseowise • yesterday at 7:21 PM
What is the way in your opinion?
IshKebab • yesterday at 6:52 PM
I strongly disagree. Python has actually done a decent job of adding type annotations into the language IMO.
If you ignore the bit where they don't actually specify their semantics anyway.
> this can't be the way..
The alternative is fragile and unmaintainable code. I know which I prefer!
Typing is a relatively easy way for the human author and the machine to notice if they disagree about what's going on before problems arise. It is unfortunate that Python doesn't do a good job with types, I was reading earlier today about the mess they made of booleans - their bool type is actually just the integers again.