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So, do we like generics or not? Some people feared they’d be the end of the language. Others were very hopeful, and had clear use cases, and were thrilled about the feature coming to the language. It was also often touted as the reason a lot of people didn’t adopt Go. So what do we think now? Mat and Kris are joined by Roger Peppe and Bryan Boreham to discuss the state of Generics in Go.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) - It's Go Time!
(00:45) - Roger Peppe
(02:22) - Bryan Boreham
(02:57) - Overview of generics
(06:25) - [Square brackets]
(08:09) - Roger's generic use
(19:37) - Constraints
(26:45) - Proposal for type switching
(30:01) - The error interface
(30:51) - Roger's Qt project
(35:45) - How do generics make you feel?
(43:56) - Go 1.21
(47:18) - Maps package
(49:41) - Unpopular opinions
(50:01) - Mat's unpop
(50:45) - Roger's unpop
(59:25) - Bryan's unpop
(1:03:55) - Kris' unpop
(1:11:04) - Mat's 2nd unpop
(1:12:01) - When Mat called a guy homeless
(1:22:11) - Universal jokes
(1:26:59) - Outro
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