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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

This isn't the languages fault, it's the developers.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Albeit true, I want to note that some languages encourage such practices way more than others do. Also, when you've got a hammer everything looks like a ~~string~~ nail.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 points 20 hours ago

In my mind a simple unit test should have caught this. Mock out the call to the service that sends the message and verify that it's been called with the correct message, and cover the possible failure scenarios. That said I hate loosely typed languages lol.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I'm assuming by this you mean the developers of JS /s

[–] copd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

besides NaN actually being a number, this could completely and easily be avoided with typescript.

[–] rooroo@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Naaah. Good programmers know how to use as any as any to make this work in typescript as well.