Stringly-typed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by an excessive use of strings to represent non-textual data. humorous, not-comparable

    "This is a “stringly typed” example that is easy to break if the key names are mistyped, or change between versions of your app."

  2. 2
    Relying on strings to encode or represent structured or semantic data that could otherwise use more specific available data structures and less risky types. not-comparable

Example

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"This is a “stringly typed” example that is easy to break if the key names are mistyped, or change between versions of your app."

Etymology

From the string data type, punning on strongly-typed.

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stringly typing

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