Right, but my main point here is that if your business logic cares about the distinction, you've created a pointless footgun 99% of the time. If you care becaus

Right, but my main point here is that if your business logic cares about the distinction, you've created a pointless footgun 99% of the time. If you care because you're worried about formatting issues or string corruption, there are a million better ways to check for those.