Have to add that we work exclusively in strongly-typed languages. Kinda want to see how it plays out, but I can't help but argue with him, so I think I'll just go.
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I recently tried out Python. I had no idea it still doesn't have runtime enforced typing...
I didn't realize that PHP was decades ahead of it.
Python 3.x will never have static typing because that would break backwards compatibility.
However, typing hints have been Integrated into Python for a while, and you are heavily recommended to use them, so your IDE can enforce typing.
Considering there is typing in the code why is there no switch to enable type checking at runtime? PHP does this with a per file
declare(strict_types)- why would python be unable to have either a global or per file flag to enable checks?Have you got problems this would solve? I've done a lot of type annotated Python at scale and I can't think of an example.
Edit: given nobody in their right mind allows code that's not checker clean.