In Python code, this shouldn't make a bit of difference because the interpreter automatically converts to long when a number is too large. If you want to know about the actual data types used in the …

Mar 11, 2009 · You do get a list of the variables, which answers the question, but with incorrect types listed beside them. This was not obvious in your example because all the variables happened to be …

Sep 20, 2025 · 724 I have a function in python that can either return a bool or a list. Is there a way to specify the types using type hints? For example, is this the correct way to do it?

Python is a strongly-typed dynamic language, which associates types with values, not names. If you want to force callers to provide data of specific types the only way you can do so is by adding explicit …

Jun 13, 2012 · As such, Python's names (a better term than "variables", arguably) don't have associated types; the values do. You can re-apply the same name to anything regardless of its type, but the …

Jun 17, 2011 · In Python, everything is an object; even ints and bools. So if by 'primitive' you mean "not an object" (as I think the word is used in Java), then there are no such types in Python. If you want to …

Nov 9, 2011 · All variables can be reassigned in Python, whether they were previously assigned to mutable or immutable types. However, the behavior of reassignment is different for mutable and …

Sep 9, 2016 · In fact, in the python script, it receive some strings from sys.argv. And then it will assign these strings into some predefined variables in this script. These predefined variables may be int, list, …

Aug 11, 2021 · A literal value can be used instead of variables, and a literal type can be used instead of type variables – provided these are the only values/types applicable. Since the Python language …

Oct 14, 2010 · In Python, objects exist out there in the interpreter's memory jungle, and you can give them names and remember where to find them using variables. Your variable doesn't have a type in …