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by DonaldPShimoda 2963 days ago
Type hints aren't checked or enforced by the compiler. They're really just special-syntax comments to help the developer (or IDE, as the case may be). I wouldn't call this "type checking".
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Tijdreiziger 2962 days ago
You can run a type-checking tool (e.g. mypy) which will tell you if you've made any type errors.

Since Python has no 'compile' step, type-checking takes the place of compiling in other languages.

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