stringly-typed

alternative stringly typed

1. humorousnot comparablecomputingCharacterized 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

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   Enums can be a powerful aide in your quest to produce reliable, robust software. Consider them for your code when you discover yourself introducing “stringly-typed” data, such as message codes.

   2021, Tim McNamara, Rust in Action, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 98

2. not comparablecomputingRelying on strings to encode or represent structured or semantic data that could otherwise use more appropriate data structures.