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		cachehit on Feb 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adding type safety to object IDs in TypeScript But this is exactly what the article is about? I don't know what you mean by "option object" but it doesn't sound any more conventional than union types to me.

shermantanktop on Feb 2, 2024 [–]

What I meant by option objects is a dictionary object holding all parameters.

doStuff({userId: foo, itemId: bar});

This allows the order of key/val pairs to move around, making it more robust to mistakes than doStuff: (string,string) => void.

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