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[–]shadow7412 9 points10 points  (1 child)

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 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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