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[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

2, but I'm incredibly embarrassed to say that I've had to do 9 before

[–] tigerhawkvok@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

9 is objectively better if you have untrusted inputs and need a stable failure mode.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That was precisely the reason. I prefer strongly typed languages languages, so it just felt gross to write that