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Re:The number input is the worst input by r-w on Thursday September 15, 2022 @02:49PM (#32856719)
> We could even have compiler warnings for type-safe languages when someone declares an int with a name containing 'address/zip/postal/credit/card'

That sounds like it would be a better job for a linter than for a compiler.

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Re:The number input is the worst input by gibolt on Thursday September 15, 2022 @04:07PM (#32857796)
Why not both! Not everyone uses a linter (unfortunately). Compiler would be a nice second catch (for any tooling that has a compiler)
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