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right, context did exist at that point but seems limited to filenames, and symbols afaict, obviously though you can obtain much more context in a statically typed environment



It is this 'obviously' that I am challenging. It might seem easier to do it for statically typed languages, but it is not something that is only possible there.

Note, I am decidedly not claiming it is easier in a dynamic language. Just making the claim that it is possible in both.


I suppose yes, I could see such a thing working in the style of "A unified approach to solving seven programming problems" perhaps 'naively' would be the right word




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