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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by macintux on Sunday February 10, 2019 @09:36PM (#19131645)
I wouldn’t say “completely”, because they’re not guaranteed to be accurate, even when first created, much less down the road.
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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by yyyymmddhhmmss on Sunday February 10, 2019 @10:36PM (#19131869)
Listing arguments and their types in docstrings always feels likea bad idea for this reason.
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