• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    21 hours ago

    Javascript could throw an error to alert you that the input is supposed to be a string, like most languages would do.

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      18 hours ago

      But you’re calling a function specifically made for passing a string to an int… 😆 There’s gotta be some common sense somewhere here, guys.

      Still, it’s a very good point. JS should do this.

      I would suspect one reason it doesn’t do this is to be backwards compatible.

    • heavy@sh.itjust.works
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      20 hours ago

      Theoretically, Javascript is an untyped language, so there aren’t supposed to really be static types. Giving type errors in this situation would be against design.