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stringly typed

stringly typed is the alternative form of stringly-typed.

Meaning of stringly-typed

Adjective

stringly-typed (not comparable)

  1. (humorous) Characterized by an excessive use of strings to represent non-textual data.
    • This is a “stringly typed” example that is easy to break if the key names are mistyped, or change between versions of your app.2019, Shaun Lewis, Mike Dunn, Native Mobile Development: A Cross-Reference for iOS and Android, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 178
  2. Relying on strings to encode or represent structured or semantic data that could otherwise use more appropriate data structures.

Questions about stringly typed

What is stringly typed the alternative form of?
Stringly typed is the alternative form of stringly-typed.

Words near stringly typed in the dictionary

  1. stringline
  2. stringlined
  3. stringlines
  4. stringlining
  5. stringly
  6. stringly typed
  7. stringly-typed
  8. stringmaker
  9. stringmakers
  10. stringmaking
  11. stringocephalid

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