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Re:Good union types in Go would probably need types without ... by rob74 on Monday December 09, 2024 @01:51AM (#42363619)
Yes, generics. Have all the people complaining about the lack of generics in Go adopted it now that it supports generics? No, they found other things to complain about. So this should probably be a lesson to stop looking for the "next big thing" to implement (non-nullability? Union types?).
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Re:Good union types in Go would probably need types without ... by troupo on Monday December 09, 2024 @03:11AM (#42363990)
Yes, people will complain about other things. Why is it surprising to you?

Generics was a big thing because it impacted how a lot of code was written. It doesn't mean people don't want other things in the language that is hell bent on ignoring any practical advances in languages of the past 50 years.

What you propose is to basically stop improving the language because people complain.

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