Type Polymorphic Functions in TypeScript

Re:Type Polymorphic Functions in TypeScript by pc86 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @12:14AM (#30695246)

There are probably better ways to achieve this than some pseudo-Hungarian notation on method signatures, right?

I'm predisposed to agree with you but I would hate looking at code and seeing method signatures like DoThingString(string), DoThingInt(int), etc.

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Re:Type Polymorphic Functions in TypeScript by galaxyLogic on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @04:55AM (#30696645)

Those look clumsy but you would only use something like that when in fact you define a similar but not the same operation for Strings and Integers. And then the argument-type-suffix would look more natural. For instance:

   saveInt (i)

   saveString(s)

   saveBox(box)

   saveCat (cat)

And then it might make more sense to define classes Box and Cat and say:

   box.save()

   cat.save()

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