On Mon, 12 May 2025 at 07:05, Axel Wagner <axel.wagner...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> A less evil, but still bad way, would be to store it in a global map: > https://go.dev/play/p/ZHBJVCduf25 (note: I'm not sure this use of weak > pointers is actually correct, I haven't used them yet). > Okay, I'm pretty sure it's not correct. It should be possible to make this work somehow, but I'm a bit too lazy to try right now, especially as you shouldn't do it anyways. > Otherwise, no. The state has to live somewhere. And really, both of these > tricks are still really bad and you shouldn't do them. The best way is to > respect the type system and if you want extra methods, you need a new type > and if that needs extra state, that should be stored in the type. > > ----- >> Why would I want to do this? What am I trying to achieve? >> >> Basically there is a lot of generated code and I want to keep >> compatibility with it. >> Similar to the way Go embeds wider interfaces into narrower ones I want >> to be able to add methods to the generated code without having to change it. > > > Change the code generator, and/or add additional code in an extra file. > Hacking the language will cause you more pain, in the long run. > > >> Then - whenever some code calls the *Get* method on the server - based >> on the whether the returned value implements the *Enriched* interface or >> not and the value it returns - I can dispatch behavior. >> >> Kind regards: >> al_shopov >> >> -- >> 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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/bbe6bcd8-e33c-41bf-868a-e498561c3e72n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/bbe6bcd8-e33c-41bf-868a-e498561c3e72n%40googlegroups.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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAEkBMfEMVnhmeQGZCifCxe5ZxHQZRr8T3adnnA1S%2BkDB0Ywg9A%40mail.gmail.com.
