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Thu Apr 21 21:20:32 EDT 2011

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:13 AM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> On 21/04/2011 15:14, Westley Martínez wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 05:19:29PM +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Algis Kabaila<akabaila at pcug.org.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> False: Python IS strongly typed, without doubt (though the
>>>> variables are not explicitly declared.)
>>>>>>>>>> Strongly duck-typed though. If I create a class that has all the right
>>> members, it can simultaneously be a file, an iterable, a database, and
>>> probably even a web browser if it feels like it. Is that strong typing
>>> or not?
>>>>>> Chris Angelico
>>> --
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>>>>>>> It's strong typing. Python does not implicitly convert types. Weak
>> typing is
>> when I can do 1 + "1" and get 2.
>>>> It could be argued that it does implicit convert for some numeric
> types, eg int to float when needed.

Yes, it'll silently promote int to float, int to Decimal, and also almost
anything can be used in a Boolean context. No other exceptions to strong
typing come to mind...
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