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yea that's an odd example to pick. expecting type conversion to add meaning to strings is a programmer problem not a language problem. really comes down to deve
by ascar 1y ago
yea that's an odd example to pick. expecting type conversion to add meaning to strings is a programmer problem not a language problem. really comes down to developers not thinking about types and their meaning anymore.
there are plenty of javascript examples that are actually weird though, especiall when javascript DOES apply meaning to strings, e.g. when attempting implicit integer parsing.
- 010101010101 1y agoIt’s the _existence_ of an implicit conversion from string to boolean that the parent is pointing out as a problem, not how it’s implemented. But that’s Jãvascript bb
- echoangle 1y agoMaybe I’m missing the example but can you not check the truthiness of strings in basically any high level language? At least python does it the same way and it’s very useful.
- 010101010101 1y agoneither Java nor .Net have implicit string to boolean conversions, the only way to asses the truthiness of a string is an explicit conversion - there’s no “if(someStringVariable)” - that’s just a type error at compile time.