Re: One Ring to Bind Them

In message <40dd679f$0$37789$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>, mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> writes
>Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
>
>> I would love the *ability* to enforce typing,
>> I just don't think it should be *mandatory*.
>
>With mandatory type enforcement, what prevents
>you from using types that are not very restrictive?
>IOW: Mandatory soup isn't eaten as hot as it is served
>(extended dutch saying).

You mean declaring stuff as "variant"? Fine!

I just think of my Fortran days when I *chose* to use the "declare all variables" switch. I just think that enforcing strict typing is as bad as no typing at all (and "variant" is a nice middle ground - "this variable is explicitly untyped" :-)

Cheers,
Wol

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