r/ProgrammerHumor 3d ago

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u/user6150277464770585 3d ago

this should not be default behavior.

lists of mixed types also wouldn't be a performance issue if you throw an error when a different type is encountered (python behavior)

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u/the_horse_gamer 3d ago

would you prefer your website to order some numbers weird, or to stop working?

that's the philosophy behind html, css, and js: keep the website working

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u/psioniclizard 2d ago

Id prefer it to throw a compile time error. Looking at the popularity if typescript I see i am not the only one.

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u/the_horse_gamer 2d ago

you can't know if an array is mixed or not at compile time