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A comment on Small Assets without the Headache in Elm 0.19. Parent comment

Re:Small Assets without the Headache in Elm 0.19 by leshow on Thursday August 23, 2018 @09:24AM (#17827023)
> What makes you say that?

Because Evan has shown no interest in implementing a feature like what I'm describing.

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Re:Small Assets without the Headache in Elm 0.19 by Skinney on Sunday August 26, 2018 @06:43AM (#17845274)
That's like saying Go will never get generics because it doesn't have it right now. Evan doesn't believe type classes are a right fit for Elm, but he has never to my knowledge ruled out that ad-hoc polymorphism will be added to the language.
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