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From: Andriy Kornatskyy <andriy.kornatskyy@live.com>
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Subject: duck typing assert
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 20:30:02 +0300
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People who come from strongly typed languages that offer interfaces often a=
re confused by lack of one in Python. Python=2C being dynamic typing progra=
mming language=2C follows duck typing principal. It can as simple as this:

assert looks(Foo).like(IFoo)

The post below shows how programmer can assert duck typing between two Pyth=
on classes:

mindref.blogspot.com/2012/11/python-duck-typing-assert.html

Comments or suggestions are welcome.

Thanks.

Andriy Kornatskyy
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