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Typings in elixir are and will continue to be optional. This announcement says it is detecting pattern matching and guards at build time instead of runtime, so
by fermuch 3y ago
Typings in elixir are and will continue to be optional.
This announcement says it is detecting pattern matching and guards at build time instead of runtime, so nothing is changing.
And the "upcoming" (still in investigation) new types are totally optional. Only enabled if you use fat arrows.
You'll still have the advantages of having the core library and third party libs typed in your IDE, even if you don't use types.
- AlchemistCamp 3y agoIf I understand the comment you’re replying to, the loss is the competitive advantage. I.e., if a desire for static types was keeping a large number of devs away, then this development will lead to far more devs using Elixir. This would erode some of throwaway_64000’s competitive edge as those devs also got the productivity gains of using Elixir.