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0 pointswk_end1y ago0 comments

The interpreter does not and probably never will check types. The annotations are treated as effectively meaningless at runtime. External tools like mypy can be run over your code and check them.

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cwalv1y ago

It checks types .. it doesn't check type annotations.

Just try:

  $ Python
  >>> 1 + '3'

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0 pointswk_end1y ago0 comments

The interpreter does not and probably never will check types. The annotations are treated as effectively meaningless at runtime. External tools like mypy can be run over your code and check them.

0 comments

cwalv1y ago

It checks types .. it doesn't check type annotations.

Just try:

  $ Python
  >>> 1 + '3'

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse