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Re:First look: adding type annotations to JavaScript by eminence32 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @09:51AM (#30627547)
If the runtime is going to be fully ignoring these type annotations, what type of "bloat" are you worried about?
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Re:First look: adding type annotations to JavaScript by windows2020 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @11:40AM (#30628893)
New syntax and concepts.
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Re:First look: adding type annotations to JavaScript by xigoi on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:48PM (#30630793)
Larger file sizes.
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Re:First look: adding type annotations to JavaScript by cphoover on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:55PM (#30630893)
larger downloads, larger syntax
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Re:First look: adding type annotations to JavaScript by Aldo_MX on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:52PM (#30632967)
type annotations would get removed during minification, downloads would be the same
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Re:First look: adding type annotations to JavaScript by cphoover on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:15PM (#30634456)
now we've gone full circle re-introducing a build chain.
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