I'm so traumatized by Python that every third line of code I write is a type check
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python was the first language I learned and most of what I code and I never understood this deep fear of type errors, it's pretty rarely an issue in practice
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I find that most problems are type errors. I like static types because I can be lazy and code by numbers.
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interesting. we must have very different approaches to coding.
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I'll typically write assertions for expected types in constructors or core functions, but that stuff can be pretty finnicky for scientific coding if it's not super explicit.
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Add user input into the mix and you'll get more type errors
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Same here (about the fear). Also, I love how type hints and mypy helps you about that without enforcement. Unit tests is a plus.
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I realized that my code surrounds a dynamodb instance that I use Marshmallow on to enforce types of the json blobs coming in and out, so realistically I am pretty close to a type checker/enforcer in most places
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My first language was PHP so kind of the same thing. You kind of learn to deal with it naturally. That being said, I learned when I moved onto other better languages that PHP4 rots the mind. I loved it at the time though.