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0 pointsxorcist10y ago0 comments

(That's the whole point of using a dynamic language, what '>' actually does depends on the surrounding code. If you want '>' to type check you should be using a type safe language to begin with.)

The issue I have with this is readability. Type '>' and I know exactly what it does, I know what implicit conversions are involved, and how it would react to a null object. Type 'isPositiveInteger' and I need to check. I can not read your code fluently anymore.

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pliny10y ago

What if sometimes I want the overloaded, type relevant '>', and sometimes I want to do '>' if the inputs are positive integers, and raise an exception otherwise?

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0 pointsxorcist10y ago0 comments

(That's the whole point of using a dynamic language, what '>' actually does depends on the surrounding code. If you want '>' to type check you should be using a type safe language to begin with.)

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pliny10y ago

What if sometimes I want the overloaded, type relevant '>', and sometimes I want to do '>' if the inputs are positive integers, and raise an exception otherwise?

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