← Back to context Comment by jen20 1 day ago Sum types are not the same as the trivial example above. Sum types are actually useful, for one thing. 2 comments jen20 Reply pjmlp 1 day ago No one is asking for sum types, what Pascal does would already be a huuuuge improvement.But I guess Go devs love to type their beloved boilerplate, it gives fuzzy feelings. jen20 1 day ago It wouldn't move the needle at all except people looking to nitpick.And concretely, _I_ want Sum types in Go. I also want them in C# and every other language I might have to use.
pjmlp 1 day ago No one is asking for sum types, what Pascal does would already be a huuuuge improvement.But I guess Go devs love to type their beloved boilerplate, it gives fuzzy feelings. jen20 1 day ago It wouldn't move the needle at all except people looking to nitpick.And concretely, _I_ want Sum types in Go. I also want them in C# and every other language I might have to use.
jen20 1 day ago It wouldn't move the needle at all except people looking to nitpick.And concretely, _I_ want Sum types in Go. I also want them in C# and every other language I might have to use.
No one is asking for sum types, what Pascal does would already be a huuuuge improvement.
But I guess Go devs love to type their beloved boilerplate, it gives fuzzy feelings.
It wouldn't move the needle at all except people looking to nitpick.
And concretely, _I_ want Sum types in Go. I also want them in C# and every other language I might have to use.