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[โ€“] bitcrafter 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The mistake was that they created a type that behaves like an array in every case except for bool, for which they created a special magical version that behaves just subtly different enough that it can break things in confusing ways.

[โ€“] ethancedwards8 2 points 1 day ago

Could you provide an example?