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Also the Grails ORM, but that's probably taken from Rails as well. I actually really liked it back when I was using it. Is there a good argument why automated f

Also the Grails ORM, but that's probably taken from Rails as well. I actually really liked it back when I was using it. Is there a good argument why automated function synthesis is a bad thing? Not trying to argue, just curious.

jestar_jokin 8y ago
It's not type safe, so if you change a property name it's not going to be picked up at compile time, so you'd better have tests in place for every synthesised function. (Of course, most implementations are made in dynamically typed host languages, which have this problem with every line of code.) It's also just a limited DSL that has none of the capabilities of the host language, and can't be used to express e.g. complex queries.