Stefan Baumgartner 11/30/2021

TypeScript: The humble function overload

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This article discusses the role of function overloads in TypeScript and explains why newer type system features like variadic tuple types and conditional types are often preferred. It uses examples, such as a complex array concatenation function, to illustrate the verbosity of traditional overloads and the elegance of modern alternatives that provide greater flexibility and type safety.

TypeScript: The humble function overload

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