Terminal escape sequences in Git commit email field

Re:Terminal escape sequences in Git commit email field by Scene_Cast2 on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:13AM (#26617919)

Make it auto-serialize to text if the receiving end doesn't understand lists. Working with text directly doesn't get me any type safety, or any safety at all (unless I'm writing a one-off, where it matters less).

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Re:Terminal escape sequences in Git commit email field by enriquto on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:21AM (#26617955)

"type safety" is the "structured programming" of the twenties

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Re:Terminal escape sequences in Git commit email field by comex on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:57AM (#26618120)

...As in, it will become so universal that languages without it are utterly unheard of, except for assembly and joke languages?

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