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0 pointsashishb6y ago0 comments

Afaik, typescript is pretty bad in terms of catching some basic errors. Types are not enforced. A caller can change sync function to async, breaking the functionality downstream.

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xzel6y ago

You can decide if they're enforced or not. That is part of how it is gradual typing.

paulddraper6y ago

Yes gradually typed languages are usually looser/more flexible about static typing.

> A caller can change sync function to async, breaking the functionality downstream.

I think you mean callee?

Are you taking about using a returned result? Because most languages permit ignoring return values.

If you want to check out promise use, check out https://tsetse.info/must-use-promises

ashishbOP6y ago

Sorry, I did mean callee.

Consider

``` const myIntValue = f(); ```

This code will silently break when f changes from sync to async.

bcherny6y ago

Right, but there will be an error where you consume myIntValue:

  const myIntValue = f()
  
  // Error TS2365: Operator '+' cannot be applied to types 'Promise<number>' and '2'
  const myResult = myIntValue + 2
  
  async function f() {
    return 42
  }

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