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by xienze 314 days ago
> This is what a good IDE brings to the table, it'll show that $result is of type string.

I think the parent is referring to what the result _means_, rather than its type. Functional programming can, at times, obfuscate meaning a bit compared to good ol’ imperative style.

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If you want meaning, don't call your variable "result"