[reassembled]

In my experience building large applications in Python becomes delicate due to the lack of static typing, as well as overlooking issues of scope in variable usage. It can be avoided with diligence but I’ve definitely shot myself in the foot and let errors slip through in Python programs I’ve written for the above reasons, which ended up compromising the validity of the program (mainly automated test scripts that were used to test other software and hardware).

I’ve only been programming for about 5 years in earnest. I held on to Python for dear life in the first days of my career, but have since transitioned to full-time C/C++ development, primarily in embedded and hardware interfacing applications. I feel like my large programs are much more manageable and maintainable now. Some of this is of course due to having grown as a programmer as well.

[nylonstrung]

Could one not just use a tool like Mypy that strongly enforces static typing in Python?

It seems like you get a lot of the benefit of static typing if you adopt it as a self-imposed constraint?

https://breadcrumbscollector.tech/mypy-how-to-use-it-in-my-p...