[Python-Dev] Type hints -- a mediocre programmer's reaction (original) (raw)
Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Tue Apr 21 14:28:24 CEST 2015
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On 21/04/2015 12:23, Gustavo Carneiro wrote:
Well,
(i) can be done with good documentation (docstrings etc.).
Documentation is not checked. It often loses sync with the actual code. Docs say one thing, code does another. That certainly something that could be fixed by formalising the documentation specification and having a checker check that rather than changing the syntax of the language...
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