> Any updates regarding generics and error handling?
Don't hold your breath. it's unlikely the go team will add generics to the language, that's obviously a political issue not a technical one. Same for error handling. At least 2 people on the record, including Rob Pike said no new feature will be added to the language.
It doesn't mean you should stop asking for them, but it ultimately means that people wanting generics and other features in Go should consider a fork
Forks are ALWAYS healthy, the nodejs/iojs story is yet another proof of it. The thing people wanted (iojs) has won over the original project, which forced nodejs merge iojs back.
Like many I personally think Go isn't striking the right balance between minimalism and features. People who are against generics are in favor of trading compile time type checking(which is always safe) for run time type assertions(which can fail). But they refuse to acknowledge that fact. That's what make their argument against generics wrong and will ultimately damage any potential growth for the language.They are basically working against their own interests.
Don't hold your breath. it's unlikely the go team will add generics to the language, that's obviously a political issue not a technical one. Same for error handling. At least 2 people on the record, including Rob Pike said no new feature will be added to the language.
It doesn't mean you should stop asking for them, but it ultimately means that people wanting generics and other features in Go should consider a fork
Forks are ALWAYS healthy, the nodejs/iojs story is yet another proof of it. The thing people wanted (iojs) has won over the original project, which forced nodejs merge iojs back.
Like many I personally think Go isn't striking the right balance between minimalism and features. People who are against generics are in favor of trading compile time type checking(which is always safe) for run time type assertions(which can fail). But they refuse to acknowledge that fact. That's what make their argument against generics wrong and will ultimately damage any potential growth for the language.They are basically working against their own interests.