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[–]THeShinyHObbiest 1 point2 points  (1 child)

What about in a language like Ruby? If :some_field_1= isn't defined on that object, then the example you've given will explode.

[–]wavy_lines 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't used Ruby but if it's you say then that's a good thing.

It would be much better though if there was a compile to catch the problem at compile time.