Is Python strongly typed?

Question

I\'ve come across links that say Python is a strongly typed language.

However, I thought in strongly typed languages you couldn\'t do this:

bob = 1
b         


        

Answer 1

class testme(object):
    ''' A test object '''
    def __init__(self):
        self.y = 0

def f(aTestMe1, aTestMe2):
    return aTestMe1.y + aTestMe2.y




c = testme            #get a variable to the class
c.x = 10              #add an attribute x inital value 10
c.y = 4               #change the default attribute value of y to 4

t = testme()          # declare t to be an instance object of testme
r = testme()          # declare r to be an instance object of testme

t.y = 6               # set t.y to a number
r.y = 7               # set r.y to a number

print(f(r,t))         # call function designed to operate on testme objects

r.y = "I am r.y"      # redefine r.y to be a string

print(f(r,t))         #POW!!!!  not good....

The above would create a nightmare of unmaintainable code in a large system over a long period time. Call it what you want, but the ability to "dynamically" change a variables type is just a bad idea...