If Go with generics wax released tomorrow I have about 8 kubernetes controllers that I'd be porting to use a type safe version of the work queue to. This isn't theoretical, I will do this week 1 of generics being available. It is all production code.
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020, 06:15 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. > > -- > 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/19560461608790506%40sas1-75175cadc2b3.qloud-c.yandex.net > . > -- 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/CAPGZSGJOuB9G5DS%2BvO5X1RudTOWAzfOD2eBW36JwMPyNXdAZ_g%40mail.gmail.com.
