[TYPES] Types of expressions in dynamic languages: "un-typed" or "uni-typed"?

[Siraaj Khandkar]

We're having a discussion with a friend regarding the most accurate way
to describe the typing situation in Python.

His view is that Python data are typed and variables un-typed, moreover,
he proposes that the terms "un-typed" and "uni-typed" are practically
equivalent.

At first it seemed somewhat reasonable to me, but the more I thought
about it, the more my mind rejected both, the equivalence and the
phrasing.

The idea of uni-typing is that there's a set of types that the runtime
supports and expressions can be composed of any members of that set,
thus forming a single type, which is that set. This idea seems to
describe the situation in a useful (for analysis) and an enlightening
way, while the term "un-typed" does not seem to say anything useful.

I'm also feeling uneasy about the phrasing: un-typed _variables_. That
is, data and _expressions_ have types, but individual variables are just
not something you can make a claim about outside of a context of an
expression.

We'd appreciate very much if the enlightened folks of this list would
provide some input on this.

-- 
Siraaj Khandkar
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