There's a distinct difference between type annotation and type information. In the case shown above, as long as `otherFunc()` is strictly typed, the manual anno

There's a distinct difference between type annotation and type information. In the case shown above, as long as `otherFunc()` is strictly typed, the manual annotation is simply duplicating information that's already there. At no point did I argue against having types, I'm opposing needless duplication. As perhaps a simplified example, annotating `Foo` in the below example is similarly redundant: const foo: Foo = new Foo();