IMHO uppercase, single letter for denoting generic types would be a nice
syntax / convention.
Sure, that would limit to 26 generic types per function ("enough for
everybody"?), and probably break some bizarro existing code (using
uppercase single-letter characters for parameter names) -- thought
I'm never sure how much detail to share. The colorForth idea is a perfect
example of the thought about "another dimension" of specification. (Albeit
difficult to implement in practice). The upper/lower case signal is a good
one, and easy; it is limiting, but not terribly, and offers easy
On Jul 24, 2020, at 5:50 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
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> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:22 PM wrote:
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> > On 7/23/20, Michael Jones wrote:
> > ...
> > > Another delight is the uppercase signal for external.
> > >
> > > Maybe the “how to signal it” aspect of type instantiation could look to
> > >
On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 23:50 Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:22 PM wrote:
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> > On 7/23/20, Michael Jones wrote:
> > ...
> > > Another delight is the uppercase signal for external.
> > >
> > > Maybe the “how to signal it” aspect of type instantiation could look to
> > >
On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:22 PM wrote:
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> On 7/23/20, Michael Jones wrote:
> ...
> > Another delight is the uppercase signal for external.
> >
> > Maybe the “how to signal it” aspect of type instantiation could look to
> > these approaches as well—make the automatic understanding so magical
On 7/23/20, Michael Jones wrote:
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> Another delight is the uppercase signal for external.
>
> Maybe the “how to signal it” aspect of type instantiation could look to
> these approaches as well—make the automatic understanding so magical that
> the complete specification is unnecessary in most
One interesting fact of go is that semicolons are required at the end of
statements. A fact forgotten perhaps because of the automatic ‘we’ll insert
one for you’ process. This duality, required but auto-supplied in nearly
every case is a delightful outcome.
Another delight is the uppercase signal
