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  • Oriel Jutty :hhHHHAAAH:@infosec.exchange
    16·
    21 hours ago

    Because let x: y is syntactically unambiguous, but you need to know that y names a type in order to correctly parse y x. (Or at least that’s the case in C where a(b) may be a variable declaration or a function call depending on what typedefs are in scope.)

    • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      101·
      21 hours ago

      Can’t say I’ve ever experienced this kind of confusion in Java but that’s probably because they intentionally restricted the syntax so there’s no ambiguity.

    • Gamma@beehaw.org
      English
      4·
      21 hours ago

      Also useful when the types are optional, like Python. Though they don’t use any let or var or anything so maybe throw that entire point out the window