Go has never been a "let's include all possible methods for all possible
use-cases for all possible users" type of language. It's just not in its
DNA. You seem to like Python - so why not stick with Python? Do lots of C++
people complain about how Javascript doesn't let you do pointer arithmetic
or multiple inheritance easily and expect Javascript to include such
functionality?
I write Python *and* Go on a daily basis, and appreciate the weaknesses and
strengths of both languages - I can't say I think that one should be a
strict subset of the other. Python has multiple inheritance and duck-typing
as well - should those be part of Go to '"ease" adoption by Python
programmers?
"append" exists for slices for the same reason that "delete" exists for
maps - difficult to implement correctly and efficiently, hard to live
without it on a daily basis if using those data-structures. Before
"append", there was a std. lib Vector type (circa 2009 or so) and removing
Vector and adding "append" was a huge quality-of-life improvement.
"find" ? Not difficult to implement correctly, *not* hard to live without
it -> small chance your proposal makes the cut. Barrier of entry is high.
Just how it is.
On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 6:56:24 PM UTC-4, Martin Rode wrote:
>
> Ian,
>
> thanks for the "generic" function. I appreciate.
>
> I think such a function would provide beautiful symmetry to the already
> existing "append" function Go has.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 5:53:45 PM UTC+2, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>>
>> Here is a generic Find function that works for all types, using the
>> language defined == operator. It will panic if invoked incorrectly.
>>
>> package main
>>
>> import (
>> "fmt"
>> "math"
>> "reflect"
>> )
>>
>> // Find returns the index of val in the slice s, or -1 if not found.
>> func Find(s, val interface{}) int {
>> sv := reflect.ValueOf(s)
>> l := sv.Len()
>> for i := 0; i < l; i++ {
>> if sv.Index(i).Interface() == val {
>> return i
>> }
>> }
>> return -1
>> }
>>
>> var tests = []struct {
>> s, v interface{}
>> want int
>> }{
>> {[]int{1, 2, 3}, 2, 1},
>> {[]int{1, 2, 3}, 4, -1},
>> {[]string{"a", "b"}, "a", 0},
>> {[]float64{0, 1, math.NaN(), 2}, 2.0, 3},
>> {[]float64{0, 1, math.NaN(), 2}, math.NaN(), -1},
>> }
>>
>> func main() {
>> for _, t := range tests {
>> if got := Find(t.s, t.v); got != t.want {
>> fmt.Printf("Find(%v, %v) = %d, want %d\n",
>> t.s, t.v, got, t.want)
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>
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