Datasette currently has a few API internals that return sqlite3.Row objects. I was thinking about how this might work in the future - if Datasette ever expands beyond SQLite (plugin-provided backends for PostgreSQL and DuckDB for example) I'd want a way to return data from other stores using objects that behave like sqlite3.Row but are not exactly that class.
  • Zeusbottom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s very weird to me that Python, as an inherently untyped language, is trying to bolt on stronger typing through modules like Protocol and typing.

    If typing is a good thing, why not make it an optional first-class part of the language? Maybe make strong typing a one liner option at the top of a source file? This growing maze of modules and recommendations is so unwieldy. For example, the typing module works kind of in conjunction with language elements that aren’t what newbs learn in Python 101, like type specifiers in function args. I feel like this stuff is driving Python away from simplicity.

    • rglullis@communick.newsOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t get this complaint.

      Python is not adding typing, it’s just improving on its static type checker. Nothing is really changing at runtime. Even if your type annotations are completely wrong, your code will run just fine. It’s up for the developers and the team to know how much they will benefit from adopting it.