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4It sounds like you may be after something like TypeScript's structural typing? - typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/type-compatibility.htmlBen Cottrell– Ben Cottrell2022-12-15 00:11:09 +00:00Commented Dec 15, 2022 at 0:11
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As a note, in duck typed languages a variable's type is generally immutable. The construct you're describing where symbols can be rebound, so 'var1 = 1; var1 = 'hello';' will work, is also found in static languages like Rust and C++ and is a quite different idea.OnceAndFutureKing– OnceAndFutureKing2022-12-19 22:50:46 +00:00Commented Dec 19, 2022 at 22:50
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^I meant object where I said variable here, and my use of the word symbol is confusing XD but other than that the point stands, redefining things does not a dynamic language make (and if that was the only difference then yes you could make it static - see rust).OnceAndFutureKing– OnceAndFutureKing2022-12-19 22:59:57 +00:00Commented Dec 19, 2022 at 22:59
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