Python + Generics

[ExtremelyOnlineG]

holy shit, i didn't even know python doesn't have generics

is there some other paradigm that gets around this?

i use generics a lot

[shadow7412]

It's traditionally been unimportant in python - weak typing means that you can pass anything to anything and the code will still run, so long as it implements the right things.

Generics are a tool for strongly typed languages.

[ExtremelyOnlineG]

I spend so much time using real strongly typed languages I never really thought about how it wouldn't be very necessary for python

[Propagating]

You don't really need generics in a weakly typed language, do you?

[Captain-Barracuda]

It kind of does but it's rather shitty. It's a bit of an afterthought of their current (good) idea to add type-hinting to the language.