That beside, if you can't tell the semantic meaning of a variable by its name, and thereby deduce the like type(s) in use, you need better names anyway.
For example, what is the type of is_ready? How about like_count? average_temp? pending_requests? (If you guessed "boolean", "integer", "float", and "something akin to a queue", you're right!)
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That beside, if you can't tell the semantic meaning of a variable by its name, and thereby deduce the like type(s) in use, you need better names anyway.
For example, what is the type of
is_ready? How aboutlike_count?average_temp?pending_requests? (If you guessed "boolean", "integer", "float", and "something akin to a queue", you're right!)Duck typing 🦆
Which reminds me of something I put in my upcoming Python book...