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[–] Traister101@lemmy.today 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Isn't it also like opt in? If you don't annotate a type it just defaults to Any, which is just unchecked like standard JS

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Yup

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[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

As far as I know, it is. Type safety is optional but very useful sometimes

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