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Static typing.

• Bromskloss 10y ago
  Is the reasoning that you then don't have to test what happens if you pass a parameter of the wrong type to a function?
  • bbcbasic 10y ago
    The compiler guarantees it won't happen. Such a test would be a test of the compiler and in my opinion unnecessary. And in Haskell at least... impossible. You can't write the the test because IT won't compile!
    • Bromskloss 10y ago
      I understand that. My question is if that is the kind of tests that people have in mind when they say that static typing requires fewer tests.
      • bbcbasic 10y ago
        I can't speak for anyone else but I believe so yes.
      • iends 10y ago
        Yes. When writing JS you have to explicitly do a lot more validation.