> > Which at first seems like a good idea, but then unless "any" is built in >> or this becomes a well-known idiom, it won't be as self-documenting. Other >> people will have to look up the definition to see "oh, I see, this is just >> short-hand for an empty constraint". > > > I'm sure it would quickly become a well-known idiom, just like people know > that "error" is "interface{Error() string}" or "fmt.Stringer" is > "interface{String() string}". >
That's fair enough -- I think you're right. Actually the current use of "interface{}" is a bit odd because it is the > only case where an interface is commonly used as an anonymous type rather > than by an identifier. > Interesting point. My brain usually thinks of "interface{}" as a special concept/syntax (and I suspect I'm not alone), even though I know it's not! I assume that in current Go the empty interface is supposed to be an ugly > duckling to discourage its overuse, but in a world with type parameters it > will play an important role as the unbounded constraint and it should > deserve its own identifier. > Very well stated, and I agree. -Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/a38219fb-9a33-48e1-929b-d17080bb9125n%40googlegroups.com.