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> making simple tools like gofmt impossible. So now we're making language design decisions based on the limitations of the bonus linter? My opinion of Golang

• monocasa 6y ago
  Go has a lot of problems, but continung to support gofmt's quest including the simplicity it desires isn't one of them.
• doctor_eval 6y ago
  One of the benefits of Go is super fast compilation time. Unlimited look ahead is likely to make the compiler slower. Ergo, it’s not a great idea.
  • estebank 6y ago
    Parser speed is negligible contributor to slowness in any compiler. rustc has a couple of places were it performs bounded lookahead to supply suggestions for incorrect code, but the grammar of the language is regular. 3rd party tools don't have to worry about it, and users get accurate suggestions. The cost is 1) you have to implement a more complex parser while 2) making people go "you already know what I meant, just take it without me using the 'ugly' turbofish". It think this is the correct approach for language design.