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		masklinn on June 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python 3 Q&A by a prolific core developer > For example "a" + 1 is an error, why is u"a" + "s" not an error? "a" + b"s" is an error in Python 3.

gardentheory on June 29, 2012 [–]

Sorry, that was my point. Strengthening the types in python3 solves the problem without static typing being needed at all.

masklinn on June 29, 2012 | [–]

ok.

Static types solve it earlier though, especially for little-exercised code paths which could be forgotten or missed in testing.

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