On Tue, Jan 04, 2005, Jim Fulton wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: >> >> and the overloading of >>unbound and bound methods on the same object type is confusing. Also, >>the type checking offered is wrong, because it checks for subclassing >>rather than for duck typing. > > duck typing?
"If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck." Python is often referred to as having duck typing because even without formal interface declarations, good practice mostly depends on conformant interfaces rather than subclassing to determine an object's type. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "19. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing." --Alan Perlis _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
