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Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing

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On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:44:20 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> One factor I don't see very often mentioned is that static typing 
> increases coupling between distant parts of your code. If func() changes 
> from returning int to MyInt, everything that calls func now needs to be 
> modified to accept MyInt, no matter how similar MyInt is to int. You have 
> to make changes just to satisfy the compiler.

Not if the language has type inference (e.g. Haskell, or C++ templates).

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A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing "Russ P." <Russ.Paielli@gmail.com> - 2013-09-01 21:24 -0700
  Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-02 01:10 -0700
    Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-02 09:44 +0000
      Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-09-02 09:37 -0400
      Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-09-03 02:10 +0100
        Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 21:36 -0400
    Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 22:04 +1000
    Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-09-02 08:41 -0400
      Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-03 08:43 +1000
    Re: A Pragmatic Case for Static Typing "Russ P." <Russ.Paielli@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 11:33 -0700

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