Re:Things I Was Wrong About: Types
by tluyben2 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @10:58AM
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> Types almost always overconstrain
Not in my experience; so many, basically, stringy types.
> Each part of your code relies on some very specific properties of your data,
So then you either have a type that exposes those you need or you have different types for different functions.
> yet most type systems end up restricting your function to only work
Again, I don't understand this statement; someone implemented the types to fit the data for some functions they needed. How does the 'type system restrict' anything?
Not in my experience; so many, basically, stringy types.
> Each part of your code relies on some very specific properties of your data,
So then you either have a type that exposes those you need or you have different types for different functions.
> yet most type systems end up restricting your function to only work
Again, I don't understand this statement; someone implemented the types to fit the data for some functions they needed. How does the 'type system restrict' anything?