Thank you for the link but it doesn't address the issue I have. It's not about types, or about the compiler being "unsure". It's about me, as a developer, reading code someone else wrote, not knowing directly what package a call is from. I need to leave my current context to have the answer.
I can do `mypackage.mymethod` but it will only be in my own code, because it's not the convention
There are plenty of cases in Python and similar languages where it's not clear where a method is defined, consider `myClassInstance.myMethod`, how do you find its definition? You do not immediately know which class it belongs to, nor where that class is defined. This is especially the case when you've got classes inheriting from multiple levels of other classes.
To put things in context, I don't come from a Python background but from a Go background, where methods are always called with their package (unless it's in the current package). I got used to it because it makes the context clear.
Ah that makes sense. I agree with you; I’m not a huge fan of trying to infer where the types came from myself either when reading code on GitHub since it doesn’t have the inference that my IDE does.
I can do `mypackage.mymethod` but it will only be in my own code, because it's not the convention