On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM Holly Schilling < [email protected]> wrote:
> Following the discussion in Discord yesterday, I started working on the > feasibility of implementing class extensions. I believe I’ve proven out the > concept and viability of it in a 2-phase approach using an extension syntax > similar to that of Swift. > > Before I go into much more detail, what is the general interest in adding > this to the language? > We have inheritance (extends keyword, parent / child classes) We have traits (an implementation of multiple classes taken from Ruby) Looking at Swift's extension syntax I fail to see anything it adds not covered by the above.
