Talk:Python (programming language)/Archive 9: Difference between revisions

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:::I made bold change, but will now revert it myself after seeing that this has been under active discussion. I think my change was OK, but I should have come here first. [[User:Snori|Snori]] ([[User talk:Snori|talk]]) 06:00, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

== "Compile time" ==

Under Typing, we currently have, "Type constraints are not checked at compile time...", although Python is introduced as an interpreted language. This is a paradox (as the linked articles for "compile time" and "interpreted language" support).

What is the intended meaning here? There seem to be two possibilities:

1. "Type constraints are not checked once, statically, but only when and if they are executed" (could even be independently checked ''every'' time they are executed).

2. "On those occasions when Python code is to be compiled instead of interpreted (as with PyPy, Cython, or other), type constraints are not checked at compile time."

[[User:Jmacwiki|Jmacwiki]] ([[User talk:Jmacwiki|talk]]) 05:36, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

== Needs "Criticism" ==

Some other Wikipedia pages about programming languages have a subheader titled "criticism". Python's page doesn't have that. List criticism below to add it to the future subheader.

[[User:Andrew Gunner|Andrew Gunner]] ([[User talk:Andrew Gunner|talk]]) 18:24, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

:Criticism should rather be represented in prose instead of a list. Nevertheless, make sure to cite sources. -- [[User:ChamithN|<span style="font-family:Segoe print; color:#CC4E5C; text-shadow:gray 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;">ChamithN</span>]] [[User talk:ChamithN|<span style="color:#228B22">''(talk)''</span>]] 18:57, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

::But be careful of this: "sections dedicated to negative material may violate the NPOV policy and may be a troll magnet, which can be harmful if it leads to users with strong opinions dominating the article but may simplify maintenance of the article if unhelpful edits are limited to a single section". [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criticism#.22Criticism.22_section] -- [[User:Peterl|peterl]] ([[User talk:Peterl|talk]]) 21:10, 23 February 2017 (UTC)