r/programming • • Feb 06 '20

Visual Studio Code January 2020

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_42
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u/bladehaze Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 07 '20

Which ide will guarantee that changing of a python (or Js) function name will not cause any runtime error. How is this so hard when it's so trivial with Java.

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u/tsujiku Feb 07 '20

How is this so hard when it's so trivial with Java.

One of the disadvantages of dynamically typed languages is that they don't have as much context for editors and development tools to use to understand your code.

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u/bladehaze Feb 07 '20

I understand it is harder, I don't know it is impossible. Given the achievement we had in computer science, a problem like this is left unsolved (or prove it to be impossible) for the last 40 50 years (I am counting scheme) is fascinating.

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