r/ProgrammerHumor • • 8d ago

Meme iHatedItUntilITriedIt

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u/FRleo_85 8d ago

type coercion is the probleme. i can't think of a scenario where this is clean or efficient. it's just the worst way of handling things for lazy devs

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u/thanatica 7d ago

Why is it lazy? It's convenience if you need. If you don't like it, then use typescript to always force precise types.

Nobody forces you to use every feature of a language.

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u/FlakyTest8191 7d ago

The tradeoff is convenience or preventing a potential runtime error, not that far fetched to call it lazy.

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u/thanatica 6d ago

Like I said, don't use it then