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0 pointsmixmastamyk1y ago0 comments

> you can't tell what a function does just by looking at it

You just did tell us what it does by looking at it, for the 90% case at least. It might be useful to throw two lists in there as well. Throw a custom object in there? It will work if you planned ahead with dunder add and radd. If not fix, implement, or roll back.

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GTP1y ago

> You just did tell us what it does by looking at it, for the 90% case at least

The problem is that you can't know if the function is going to do what you want it to do without also looking at the context in which it is used. And what you pass as input could be dependent on external factors that you don't control. So I prefer the languages that let me know what happens in 100% of the cases.

mixmastamykOP1y ago

Protection from untrusted input is something that has to be considered in any language.

Not yet been a real world concern in my career, outside webforms, which are handled by framework.

GTP1y ago

> Protection from untrusted input is something that has to be considered in any language

Sure, but some languages make it easier than others. And that was just one example, another example could be having a branch where the input to your function depends on some condition. You could have one of the two branches passing the wrong types, but you will only notice when that branch gets executed.

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0 pointsmixmastamyk1y ago0 comments

> you can't tell what a function does just by looking at it

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GTP1y ago

> You just did tell us what it does by looking at it, for the 90% case at least

mixmastamykOP1y ago

Protection from untrusted input is something that has to be considered in any language.

Not yet been a real world concern in my career, outside webforms, which are handled by framework.

GTP1y ago

> Protection from untrusted input is something that has to be considered in any language

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