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Stringly typed (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by sus@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

This certainly Tcl'd my funny bone.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 7 months ago

Kinda started using that with polars, force the scan/read schema as string, and down the road cast as the necessary type when needed. I'm calling it "just in time" data cleaning.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

make everything a string then cast all data every time you want to use that data in a variable.

[–] brashboy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it's not getting used in a mathematical function, I'm making it a string

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

[Laughs in computed TypeScript strings]

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There are two genders: string and null

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