I'm still new to Elixir but we have some type of half baked typing system already available right? For example if you wanted some function to work with both a

I'm still new to Elixir but we have some type of half baked typing system already available right? For example if you wanted some function to work with both a string and list you could use pattern matching and "when". Something like: def myfunc(input) when is_binary(input) do: # ... def myfunc(input) when is_list(input) do: # ... Of course it's not the same and you lose a bunch of useful static analysis tools, but from a usability POV, you could skim function heads and quickly see what types are supported. To me, this is a big win compared to having a massive elseif or case statement buried into a single function where at call time you have no context on what's expected.