On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 10:15 PM Martin Hanson <greencopperm...@yandex.com> wrote: > > I have been arguing passionately against adding generics to Go because > I truly believe that it is going against the simplicity of Go and the > philosophy behind the design of Go. > > I believe that the resilience of Go against unnecessary change is of > vital importance. The experience provided by Ken Thompson, Rob Pike and > Robert Griesemer in designing Go the way they did speaks for itself. > > I feel and believe it is of imperative importance to avoid adding things > to Go that doesn't present a true and real life day-to-day problem > and so far none of the examples the pro-generics camp has provided has > been more than minor theoretical examples that do not present any real > life problems. > > I therefore propose that the pro-generics camp provide real examples of > problems they have faced that was such a big issue that it justifies > adding generics to Go. > > If all we're presented are these small theoretical examples of sorting > lists, etc., then clearly this is nothing but hype that needs to go > away.
I wrote a number of examples under "What generics can bring to Go" in https://blog.golang.org/why-generics . Ian -- 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/CAOyqgcV-21XyehX5xM%3DD4Rv92qra%2B9ZyNo8vuiPtG_gmVdz0TQ%40mail.gmail.com.
