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In python at least, with strict-mode, Any is useless because you can do almost nothing to it. You can print, you can call 'dir' 'help' and other built-ins, and
by rocqua 3y ago
In python at least, with strict-mode, Any is useless because you can do almost nothing to it. You can print, you can call 'dir' 'help' and other built-ins, and you can pass it to functions that accept Any.
That means that sprinkling any around your code isn't a great way to silence errors.
- idontwantthis 3y agoI don’t know about Python, but for converting JS to TS you start with allow-implicit-any turned on and add types to your business objects as you go. Eventually your turn it off and fix what remains.
- chriskrycho 3y agoNote that while a lot of people do it this way, my blog post this discussion is notionally about on expressly argues that that’s exactly what not to do!
- idontwantthis 3y agoI have now, in fact, RTFA! You definitely make a lot of good points.