It is like having two people called John, but you point your cursor at one of them, and the IDE understands you mean that one… instead of simply doing textual “Search/Replace” on your source code.
Thanks for explaining this. I had been planning on investigating how it compares to search and replace, but I think this clarified a lot for me.
And thank you for the rest of your thoughts too. I think my lack of experience with static typing is making it hard for me to fully grok them, but I am groking them to some extent, and they do give me the vibe of being correct.
Thanks for explaining this. I had been planning on investigating how it compares to search and replace, but I think this clarified a lot for me.
And thank you for the rest of your thoughts too. I think my lack of experience with static typing is making it hard for me to fully grok them, but I am groking them to some extent, and they do give me the vibe of being correct.