I don't follow how that's related to slice comparisons, aside from that fact that slice comparison could be a method, but an Equals() method would be left out to be consistent with how it is today.
On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 5:22 AM Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Seems easier to move to a Go without operators and do everything with > functions and generics. This is essentially the Java model. > > This is pretty much the approach that the sync, sort, etc packages took > and with generics you can have type safety and less code duplication. > > On May 4, 2022, at 1:49 AM, Will Faught <will.fau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, I agree! :) Comparisons should be shallow where possible for every > type, including slices and maps. That's my initial argument. > > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 11:22 PM Jan Mercl <0xj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 12:15 AM Will Faught <will.fau...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I'm not sure we're on the same page in terminology. I meant shallow as >> opposed to deep. E.g. pointer equality in terms of `==` vs. >> `reflect.DeepEqual`. Unequal pointers can reference values that are >> equivalent. >> >> I think we are on the same page. This thread is about comparisons on >> the language level, not about some library functions. Thus we can >> ignore reflect.DeepEqual and focus on the equality operator only. That >> makes things simpler. >> >> Now, what I wanted to point out is that the equality operator, as >> defined in Go, always compares the values of its operands. It's a >> simple and easy to remember rule. It could have been defined in a >> different way, sure. Anyway, it was not and talking about deep vs >> shallow comparison of the Go equality operator does not make the >> discussion any clearer - because it does not, in our case, apply. >> > -- > 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/CAKbcuKjr2AKu07hWfPxZLoKoNO5EMbZb8HGgRMOHULDh6Yd5iQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAKbcuKjr2AKu07hWfPxZLoKoNO5EMbZb8HGgRMOHULDh6Yd5iQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/CAKbcuKhSCJV8Xb9Zehtfh1yLuWX1PYd6yFdiBpqAbM-PT%2BakAw%40mail.gmail.com.
