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		rglover on Nov 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Node, TypeScript, TS-Node and ESM experience tha... Hear me out: if you need to do this just to use a tool effectively, maybe it's a bad tool.

wruza on Nov 21, 2023 [–]

We're open to suggestions!

rglover on Nov 21, 2023 | [–]

In this specific context: just use plain JavaScript with default args and your own, inline type checker functions. No need for stuff like this and you can customize type checks to your heart's content.

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