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1. 1.▲
   by qwefsdf 4y ago

   With type hints you would model this as a Union type, i.e., Union[int, str]. This is perfectly legal with mypy and other Python type checkers.
2. 2.▲
   by qwefsdf 4y ago

   That's an Optional[int]. It's not "mixed types", it's a union type.
3. 3.▲
   by qwefsdf 4y ago

   Anybody claiming it's almost Python is kidding themselves. This compiler needs to do static type checking. This is inherently impossible in Python. Not just because of some obscure corner cases that nobody uses. It's baked into th