> On Dec 4, 2017, at 10:28 AM, Tino Heth <2...@gmx.de> wrote: > > >> The strongest your argument can be is “someone could use dynamic member >> lookup in their API to produce an API with a footgun that hurts their >> users”. I submit for your consideration that there are lots and lots of >> ways that people can create poor APIs that hurt users. If someone uses this >> feature inappropriately, then their API is crappy and you shouldn’t use it, >> just like any other misuse of languages features. > > > The two proposals have benefits, but they have risks as well — and imho > nobody can foresee their full impact now.
It is easy to forsee the impact. Simply look to other language communities that have done similar things. C# added “dynamic” late in its evolution, which has even more power than what is being proposed here. What evidence of abuse have you seen? -Chris
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