On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 2:36 PM Hugh Fisher <hugo.fis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:57:49 +1000 > > From: Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> > > Subject: [Python-Dev] Re: Typing syntax and ecosystem, take 2 > > > > > You're advocating an approach that absolutely mandates running the > > type checker, but then caches the results in an executable file (the > > JS file built from the TS source). Python already has a caching system > > - the .pyc files - so if you're importing the same file more than > > once, the cost of parsing type annotations is pretty much equivalent > > to the cost of doing it in TypeScript. > > Thinking about it, if mypy compiled to .pyc for execution by the Python > interpreter most of what I'm complaining about would go away. >
The Python interpreter compiles to .pyc for execution by the Python interpreter. Why should MyPy duplicate that work? ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/23D3CTOKNODHMH77LVLNCZKUCMAKNS5A/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
