bleistift2Jun 30, 2024

Surely "1337" is the same as 1337, right?

https://sopuli.xyz/post/14326368

Surely "1337" is the same as 1337, right? - Sopuli

Meme transcription: Panel 1: Bilbo Baggins ponders, “After all… why should I care about the difference between int and String? Panel 2: Bilbo Baggins is revealed to be an API developer. He continues, “JSON is always String, anyways…”

Show threadRustyNovaJun 30, 2024
To whoever does that, I hope that there is a special place in hell where they for you to do type safe API bindings for a JSON API, and every time you use the wrong type for a value, they cave your skull in.
Show threadskuzzJun 30, 2024

“Hey, it appears to be int most of the time except that one time it has letters.”

throws keyboard in trash

Show threadUsernameJun 30, 2024
Rust has perfectly fine tools to deal with such issues, namely enums. Of course that cascades through every bit of related code and is a major pain.
Show threadskuzz
True, and also true.
Jul 1, 2024 at 4:24amWeb