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I find "production mode" and the motivation for it in this article highly irritating. If I declare a variable to hold only numbers, I'd expect that to hold, no

by pwpwp 15y ago

I find "production mode" and the motivation for it in this article highly irritating. If I declare a variable to hold only numbers, I'd expect that to hold, no matter what (or get a runtime error immediately). I wouldn't want my program to "stay the course" when my declared type assertions are wrong.

cwp 15y ago
Then just run in checked mode.
ajanuary 15y ago
I think the arguments about staying on course are poor. It seems to me the thinking is "Given we've got optional typing, it's faster to not check the types. The majority of type errors should be found during development."