Anti-pattern or not, people that don't know how the type coercion works in JS will certainly introduce a lot of bugs. That's why these questions are asked on pretty much every Junior interview.
P.S. The title could be better, I agree.
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Anti-pattern or not, people that don't know how the type coercion works in JS will certainly introduce a lot of bugs. That's why these questions are asked on pretty much every Junior interview.
P.S. The title could be better, I agree.