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Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by packetlost on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @03:27PM (#42249689)
This was what I was referring to. The stdlib is what would need to see backwards-compatibility-breaking changes, not the language itself.
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Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by pdimitar on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @05:01AM (#42254671)
I am not sure how would that work? F.ex. how would you introduce tagged unions and make the language 100% backwards-compatible... but not the stdlib?

I admit I have no idea.

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Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by 9rx on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @06:18AM (#42255133)
The stdlib would remain 100% backwards compatible, but the implication was that he would want to see certain existing features of the stdlib amended with modified versions that leverage the new tagged unions. He imagined that modification would necessitate v2 stdlib packages to maintain sensibility.
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Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by pdimitar on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @06:45AM (#42255295)
Oh. Silly me, I am ashamed for failing reading comprehension so badly.

Thanks for clarifying, that makes sense.

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