I am not quite fond of the idea of having C++/Java Style Generics (I simply don't like the syntax that comes with it), but I see that the current system is broken.
From my current perspective I think fixing some things related to Go Interfaces and Container types (Maps/Slices) should make them even more usable than they are now and making them pretty much the thing people want to use Generics for. Currently, it looks like hell to build something with the empty interface and using a lib which is built around the empty interface doesn't look nice either.
Using Go maps is sometimes awkward too as they require some weird attribute 'comparable' which some types posses and others don't. Why??? I mean why can't the Go authors use their own language construct and use an Interface like:
interface Comparable {
Comparable(interface{}) bool
}
Similarly, I find it awkward that we still can't use Interface Slices[1]. I mean I understand it isn't simple to implement but certainly not impossible.
One thing on my todo list is writing an experience report with better examples. It's priority just got up-voted ;-)
[1]: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/InterfaceSlice
From my current perspective I think fixing some things related to Go Interfaces and Container types (Maps/Slices) should make them even more usable than they are now and making them pretty much the thing people want to use Generics for. Currently, it looks like hell to build something with the empty interface and using a lib which is built around the empty interface doesn't look nice either.
Using Go maps is sometimes awkward too as they require some weird attribute 'comparable' which some types posses and others don't. Why??? I mean why can't the Go authors use their own language construct and use an Interface like:
Similarly, I find it awkward that we still can't use Interface Slices[1]. I mean I understand it isn't simple to implement but certainly not impossible.One thing on my todo list is writing an experience report with better examples. It's priority just got up-voted ;-)
[1]: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/InterfaceSlice