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#+title: Duck Typing
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#+begin_quote
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Duck typing in computer programming is an application of the duck test—"If it
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walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck"—to
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determine if an object can be used for a particular purpose. With normal typing,
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suitability is determined by an object's type. In duck typing, an object's
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suitability is determined by the presence of certain methods and properties,
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rather than the type of the object itself.
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--- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_typing
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#+end_quote
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This contrasts with [[id:c16eb203-290f-4644-8f18-725ffad15e92][Structural Typing]], where the type of the object itself is
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used to determine its suitability.
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