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New ‘Ambiguous’ Variable Type Promises to End Type Errors by Making All Types Equally Unreliable (disreport.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Dispassionate to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I mean, technically all JavaScript variables are typed any

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

you are forgetting the [object Object] type

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[–] DangerNooble@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 child)

If you're ever feeling a little mischievous, that's also great placeholder text to hide in language files

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

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[–] Dispassionate [S] 2 points 15 hours ago

Have you heard of the new [objective Object] it’s an impartial

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[–] joyjoy@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

They're typed as any only when you use typescript.

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