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Re:TypeScript’s quirks: How inconsistencies make the languag... by alexcole on Friday January 31, 2020 @08:49PM (#22207968)
Thats not 100% true in TypeScript. TypeScript actually only allows "up-casts" and "down-cast" (but if the type is neither a supertype nor a subtype the compiler will throw an error).
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Re:TypeScript’s quirks: How inconsistencies make the languag... by seanmcdirmid on Friday January 31, 2020 @10:16PM (#22208400)
Ya, I often have to write “this as any as T” because I’m using T as a self type.
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Re:TypeScript’s quirks: How inconsistencies make the languag... by nojvek on Friday January 31, 2020 @09:52PM (#22208292)
That’s my understanding too. You just can’t cast types wily Nily.
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