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Aeolun on April 25, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: TypeScript: Branded Types

I mean, they have to stay backwards compatible with Javascript. That kind of limits your options.

munk-a on April 25, 2024 [–]

Not particularly - they could use distinct tokens (i.e. these brandings) on all types implicitly.

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