Why would you return `string | string` here? Wouldn't you explicitly mark the error, and return `string | error`? (substitute error with whatever type you want there - null, Error, or your own thing)
> substitute error with whatever type you want there - null, Error, or your own thing
And if I want `error` to be `string` so I can just provide an error message? Proper disjoint sum types let me keep the two sides disjoint, even if they happen to be the same type. Union types will collapse on any overlap, so if I happen to instantiate `error` at `string` then I can no longer tell my error case from my data case.
And if I want `error` to be `string` so I can just provide an error message? Proper disjoint sum types let me keep the two sides disjoint, even if they happen to be the same type. Union types will collapse on any overlap, so if I happen to instantiate `error` at `string` then I can no longer tell my error case from my data case.