"The necessity of this functionality can be seen by the fact the Go stdlib can ACTUALLY DO THIS for the built-in functions, but no facility is provided to do the same for user code."
Right. Go has generic types. Channels and maps are generic types. It just doesn't have user defined generics. This is a lack.
Getting around this is creating a new level of cruft on top of Go. "Generate" and reflection are being used to work around the lack of generics. It's going to be tempting to use "generate" to invoke a macro language. That may not end well.
Right. Go has generic types. Channels and maps are generic types. It just doesn't have user defined generics. This is a lack.
Getting around this is creating a new level of cruft on top of Go. "Generate" and reflection are being used to work around the lack of generics. It's going to be tempting to use "generate" to invoke a macro language. That may not end well.