https://golang.org/pkg/math/ and https://golang.org/pkg/container/ are just two stdlib packages that would greatly benefit from some kind of generics. I'm pretty sure there are more packages in the stdlib that would be greatly improved. And that's just the standard library.
On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 5:29:37 PM UTC+3, Henry wrote: > > You still haven't provided any argument why generics is indispensable. > > The reason why I am no longer sure about my position in this issue is > because -while I agree that generics is useful- I don't think that generics > is essential. In fact, all of C++ features are useful and implemented in a > very efficient manner, but take a look what happened when you slab that > many features together. If you can do away with less, I think you should go > for less. The trouble is deprecating language features is a lot harder than > deprecating APIs in the standard library, while programming fads come and > go. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
