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		OskarS on Nov 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Numpy: Plan for dropping Python 2.7 support This particular language quirk I don't think has anything to do with dynamic typing: it's equally annoying in C-style languages where 3/2 and 3/2.0 mean different things.

dagw on Nov 16, 2017 [–]

sure, but in C if you have a line that looks like

   z = 3/y

you'll know that y is either always a float or always an int depending on its type and thus you'll 'know' what z is.

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