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Strong arrows: a new approach to gradual typing [in Elixir] (elixir-lang.org)
17 points by sreetamdas on Sept 20, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Wow, this looks interesting. It will take a little while to digest, but makes me really excited for the future of Elixir. As a professional Elixir developer for several years, static types are about the only thing I occasionally miss, and dialyzer just doesn't quite hit the mark for me. I love how it looks like this will let you gradually type an existing codebase. Maybe just a small detail they haven't decided on yet, but I hope there's a "strict" mode for new codebases.

edit: A thought I just had. If they're developing a novel type system, does that have implications for language server integration? I really appreciate how powerful types can make my VSCode.


Indeed it does, and is was covered in José's conference talk





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