<H3>The Python type system SIG</H3>

<p>This list has been created for discussions on issues related to Python's type system.

<p>Recently, the types SIG has come under attack for inactivity, and in response Paul Prescod has offered to guide the SIG towards accomplishing a single specific goal: to develop an optional static typing system for Python. The <a href="http://www.python.org/pipermail/types-sig/1999-December/date.html" >December 1999 archives</a> of the SIG show the discussion that lead to this decision.

<h3>Resources</h3>

The following resources are available:

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<li>Guido van Rossum's latest <a href="http://www.python.org/~guido/types-sig.html" >proposal</a>

<li>Greg Stein's latest <a href="http://www.lyra.org/greg/python/typesys/type-proposal.html" >proposal</a>

<li>Paul Prescod's latest <a href="http://www.prescod.net/pytypes" >proposal</a>

<li>Scott Cotton's latest <a href="http://www.python.org/pipermail/types-sig/2000-January/001310.html" >proposal</a> (<b>new!</b>)

<li>The list owner is <a href="mailto:types-sig-owner@python.org" >Paul Prescod</a>

<li>You can <A HREF="http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/types-sig"> Subscribe to the mailing list</A>

<li>You can <A HREF="http://www.python.org/pipermail/types-sig/"> read the past archives</A>

<li><a href="http://www.zope.org/Members/jim/PythonInterfaces/Summary" >Jim Fulton's summary of his interface work</a>

<li>A previous discussion on the class/types dichotomy is available from <a href="http://www.egroups.com/python-classes"> http://www.egroups.com/python-classes</a>

<li>Summaries from IPC7's Developers' Day sessions are also available from <a href="http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/devday.html"> http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/devday.html</a>

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