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by cubefox 640 days ago
I don't know about such urges. But sometimes there is no possibility to inspect all user code, e.g. when you are providing a library or API function.
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Good point. In such case I would probably consider leaving the signature as is, even after tightening, and possibly offer a function with stricter signature for new code to use while deprecating the older variant. This would inform the users without rug pulling.
But that's not necessary in a language with union types of this sort. No rugs being pulled.