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"The difference between a bug and a feature is longevity." -said by someone last millennium

• bryanrasmussen 4y ago
  that's wrong, but it's been around so long I guess we have to accept it.
  • abdnafees 4y ago
    After asking the question, I looked for an answer and found the is-object npm package. It utilizes a null check to make sure a variable is an object. This utility has 6.6 million weekly downloads. The logic in the isObject function will break because the second condition would then be invalidated. Resulting in a bad day for 6.6 million projects. It took me a while to digest the magnitude. Maybe because I just started as an SWE.
    • andrewmackrodt 4y ago
      If a language change were to update `typeof null` to return `"null"` isObject would not break, the second condition would only be unnecessary. However, other code which may make assertions on null values after checking the value is an object would break.
  • white_dragon88 4y ago
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